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Example sentences for: castigated

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Last Thursday, a Bauer press release castigated other candidates for refusing to litmus-test judicial nominees on "the pro-life issue."
Only a year ago, politicians were being castigated for "herding the elderly into HMOs."
The protests forced the postponement of the opening ceremony as thousands of people castigated the WTO for being, in the words of the New York Times , "a handmaiden of corporate interests whose rulings undermine health, labor and environmental protections around the world."
(In contrast, consider the false concept of the week , which James Fallows in Breaking the News castigated for having become "the basic unit of political time," a status ruthlessly enforced by the weekly schedule of political talk shows.)
John McCain, conceded defeat in a heartfelt speech on the Senate floor in which he castigated his own party, he received a standing ovation from Democrats in attendance and seated silence from members of his own party.