punishing

Example Sentences

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The club was not punishing them; they had to reset the order of priorities and no player would be above the team.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

A punishing hangover from pandemic-era overinvestment had already left the gaming industry reeling.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Harvard may get a more empowering storyline than his florist-hairdresser-retail-clerk predecessors, but the humor is redolent of the same punishing cliches.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The same dry heat that makes life punishing also makes the desert ideal for salt production -- Gujarat produces roughly three-quarters of India's total salt output.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

They sprinted one day and rowed long, punishing ten- or twelve-mile marathons the next.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown