Sentence examples for chastisements from inspiring English sources

The three collections Les Châtiments (1853; "Chastisements"), Les Contemplations (1856; "Contemplations"), and La Légende des siècles (1859, 1877, 1883; "The Legend of the Centuries") are linked by their epic quality.

Ancient texts refer to ablutions (baptism) and purifications and chastisements, to fetters and liberation, and to certain ceremonial passwords.

Though Branch, commendably, doesn't judge them himself, or subject them to the chastisements of other experts, the story is an inherent invitation to criticize — to question each of the tragedy's many components: be it the size of the group, the skiers' assessment of the snowpack, their route down the mountain, or the reluctance of some doubters to speak up.

Some of the few chastisements of C.I.A. personnel documented in the report came when the committee questioned the legality, practicality, or morality of all this — and, it's worth noting, some members did.

During the writer's survey period, the Times ran two editorials that were chastisements of Sam Rayburn for trying to have the East Front of the Capitol altered.

Chastisements by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, while rare, have become more frequent in recent years.

As the scandal continues to unravel, it has produced numerous musings and self-chastisements in Japan and overseas.

At my lowest, I was full of self-chastisements: Why did you ever believe any good might come from chasing a piece of cheese?

Williamson, who describes himself as a "bloody-minded Brit", has said he expects a "gigantic chastisement" such as Noah's flood.

But among contemporaries, tales of creative parental chastisement – practices the American's might ban as "cruel and unusual punishment" – were legion: smacks, belts, mop sticks.

Moreover, the Democrats showed during the lame-duck session in November and December that in spite of their mid-term chastisement they still have some fight left in them.