| Abraham had a penchant for being critical and had no hesitation in publicly chastising his colleagues, regardless of their rank or position. |
| Jenny finally released me and flung herself at Nikolas, gently chastising him for not returning home more often and visiting her. |
| My own involved chastising an adolescent patient who reattempted suicide after promising not to. |
| One of the women started chastising the children in that ridiculous singsong voice that parents use with kids to induce guilt. |
| Instead of chastising their son, they just tell me that this is natural for a man of his age. |
| Of course his many opinions are his own and he has every right to express them, but I do object to his chastising English people as unwelcoming. |
