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Free sign upThe phrase "quick to castigate" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to criticize or reprimand someone harshly and quickly. Example: The boss was always quick to castigate his employees for even the smallest mistakes, making the work environment very stressful.
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Supporters of the "deep state" that still dominates the security establishment were quick to castigate Egypt's newly installed, Islamist-tinted civilian government.
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On 5 May Trường Chinh rose to address a congress of Party members and proceeded to castigate the Party militants and their bid for quick victory.
This is not to castigate the pair personally.
His moral and political values are traditional; they commemorate the past to castigate the present.
He gave up his fortune and made it his mission to castigate vice and pretense.
Wishing the organisation ill, they are using him as a means to castigate it.
It is popular at dinner parties to castigate politicians for their euphemisms and evasions.
He was right to avoid it, and is wrong to castigate himself for eschewing clunkiness.
It is quite feasible to castigate the 60s for its flashiness, its sexism, its irritating silliness.
The New York Times gives up a lead editorial to castigate him for self-indulgence, "ego run amok".
And the language Mr. Bush used to castigate his Democratic rival grew sharper than ever.
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