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Six example sentences with castigate, each labelled with its topic.
The coach stopped practice to castigate his starters for lazy defense, and nobody spoke on the bus ride home.
Basketball
The report castigates the ministry for ignoring three years of warnings about the deficit, calling the neglect indefensible.
Economics
Viewers watched the team captain castigate his squad on stream for throwing a match they had almost won.
Gaming
The opposition leader rose to castigate the government for ignoring the flood warnings sent weeks before the river rose.
Politics
The appeals court took the unusual step of castigating the trial judge for comments made in front of the jury.
Law
The chairman used the annual meeting to castigate the board for approving a merger nobody had studied.
Business
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