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Example sentences for: penalties

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

The Wall Street Journal , in its front-page business and finance news box, reports that on Monday, the FTC sharply criticized the proposed national tobacco settlement, concluding that the cigarette makers could reap big profits that far exceed the penalties the pact imposes on them.
Banks not heeding this "imperative" are subject to cease and desist orders and to financial penalties of thousands or millions of dollars.
The WP and NYT report inside that despite the likelihood of a presidential veto, the House yesterday passed a bill that would establish new criminal penalties for anyone who injures or harms a fetus while committing another federal offense.
Offenders, especially young ones, are usually charged with driving without insurance and with no licence as well, thus increasing the penalties and going some way to mollifying the feelings of the car owner.
Along the way, the two "penalties" merged.