punishment

Example Sentences

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If Allen doesn’t follow through with an expected sale soon after the season’s completion, additional punishments would be an option at the league’s disposal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many see that the public mood in Israel has shifted in favour of more draconian punishments.

From BBC

Friday's decision "is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury," Judge Margaret Garnett wrote in her opinion.

From Barron's

“Surely, Coach, you can find a better punishment? An hour of weightlifting or 10 loops running around the stadium … Come on.”

From MarketWatch

The heaviest punishment was suffered by Anrich Nortje, South Africa's fastest bowler, who conceded 59 runs off three overs without taking a wicket.

From Barron's