deterrent example

Example Sentences

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Wherein is related what end was reserved for the evil-doers by way of deterrent example, which example, however, only distressed the soft-hearted without terrifying the stiff-necked.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

It was with deep regret that I confirmed these several sentences, but it was necessary that a deterrent example should be made.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh