punishing

Example Sentences

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On another level, though, Pitchford is about what happens when that principle collides with the punishing procedural architecture of modern postconviction review.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

But what’s intended as a blow to the government is punishing the Cuban people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Since his punishing trilogy with Tyson Fury - a rivalry that saw him knocked down five times and stopped twice - Wilder has struggled to rediscover his destructive form.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Investors have spent months punishing Oracle’s stock in reaction to the company’s pivot to artificial-intelligence infrastructure, but one analyst thinks the company will prove the doubters wrong.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Jody looked quickly into the old man’s face to see whether his feelings should be hurt, but there was no will to injure, no punishing nor putting-in-your-place light in the keen blue eyes.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck