punitory

Example Sentences

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In her opinion for anybody to lay a punitory hand upon her nephew was to commit an act tantamount to sacrilege.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

Hoary, gigantic shapes of eld do wrong to the Gods, and are put into the punitory Hades.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques

This letter made the world seem cold to George, who strongly suspected Percy had dictated the punitory clauses.

From A Drake by George! by Trevena, John

On the scale of my punitory Carolina or Theresiana--instead of the usual pedagogic disgraces and corporal inflictions--stood coldness--a mournful look--a mournful reproof--and, severest of all, the threat of going away.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul