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chasten sentence examples

  • Chastening, experience.
  • Chastened by the experience, i was not to be tempted by any devilish religion ever afterward.
  • No doubt the school will feel suitably chastened by her absence.
  • Chastening hand upon them.
  • Somewhat chastened they now look on the matter in a different light.
  • Chasten a man who heeds venus ' call?
  • Its owner who had laughed previous week seemed rather chastened.
  • Chastening thought, however, is that july 7 may be repeated at any time and those well-worked emergency plans used again.
  • They would go away chastened, stirred, amused; they would not be in the riotous mood associated with the tavern.
  • Chastening effect.
  • I have shown it to no one else as it is not chastened yet.
  • Chastened denominationalism.
  • Barrie, duly chastened, took up position to defend the resultant freekick which came to naught.

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