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Example sentences for: chastened

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The move, which once upon a time would have been seen as dynamite, is now widely viewed as a pop-gun in the hands of chastened Republicans looking for an impeachment exit strategy that won't shoot them in the other foot.
Only 50 remain in the House, and most of those still there are chastened.
But unlike Bradley, he came away from the 1960s chastened by nobility's limits.
Another TV gesture of regret is voluntarily giving up a desired pleasure, most often tickets to The Rock Concert forsworn by a chastened teen.
Poor FDR, properly chastened, had to flee to Hyde Park to eat the good food he loved.