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Example sentences for: chastised

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In 1996, Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet, chastised much of current surgical research and, in particular, questioned the usefulness of the case series as a predominant form of communication among surgeons [1].
Wolfe chastised his fellow novelists for abandoning the rich material at their doorstep in exchange for interiority, minutiae, and meta-fiction.
The state office on domestic violence has pointedly agreed, warning that the ruling could cause abused women to hesitate in bringing their plight before the courts for fear of being chastised for their trouble.
Maureen Dowd chastised Republicans for protecting Bush's past after years of investigating President Clinton's.
The first independent counsel, Robert Fiske, is chastised for failing to identify supposedly mysterious white carpet fibers found on Foster's clothing.