Example sentences for: meted

How can you use “meted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In an editorial, the Daily Telegraph of London condemned as "disgraceful" the treatment meted out by the British police to Wei Jingsheng, China's leading democratic dissident and a former nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • My appetite for Talk has been weakened by these "revelations," which seem as banal as they are carefully meted out.

  • It might also be pointed out that Dole supported the political pardons meted out by Gerald Ford, when he served as Ford's running mate in 1976.

  • The top story at the Washington Post is a highly critical post-mortem on the U.N.'s East Timor diplomacy, while the Los Angeles Times reports abusive discipline meted out by guards at the California Youth Authority.

  • In separate stories, the NYT and Post report that a Chinese court meted out harsh prison sentences to two political dissidents.


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