Chastisement
in example sentence
"The hand of the Lord is stretched over him," said Felton; "he will not escape the
chastisement
he deserves."
More example sentences with word chastisement
Barr, the kind of attorney general Trump had been wanting, is now subject to congressional
chastisement
in some form.
Moreover, Charles expected her, and in her heart she felt already that cowardly docility that is for some women at once the
chastisement
and atonement of adultery.
"For myself I must say I cannot guess how many," said the battered knight Don Quixote; "but I take all the blame upon myself, for I had no business to put hand to sword against men who where not dubbed knights like myself, and so I believe that in punishment for having transgressed the laws of chivalry the God of battles has permitted this
chastisement
to be administered to me; for which reason, brother Sancho, it is well thou shouldst receive a hint on the matter which I am now about to mention to thee, for it is of much importance to the welfare of both of us.
But our depraved age does not deserve to enjoy such a blessing as those ages enjoyed when knights-errant took upon their shoulders the defence of kingdoms, the protection of damsels, the succour of orphans and minors, the
chastisement
of the proud, and the recompense of the humble.
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