punishing
Example Sentences
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The 2003 South Korean film “Save the Green Planet!” ends with the aliens punishing the flawed human race by blowing up Earth.
From Los Angeles Times
Stolz’s redwood thighs have been punishing the field in Milan, shattering Olympic records and Dutch dreams.
"It's focused on treating children with respect and kindness and not punishing them in ways that make them feel excessively bad."
From BBC
A lawsuit says the agency is punishing the outfit for its viewpoint.
The central bank has tightened interest rates while the rest of the world loosened, to a punishing 15%.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
