Words similar to penalty

Example sentences for: penalty

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

Yes, I'm not so happy about his support of the death penalty, his signing of the Defense of Marriage Act, his Bosnia debacle, his civil-liberties record, his anti-smoking crusade.
Schumer abandoned his opposition to the death penalty, voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, and signed on to every crime bill he could find.
Four weeks ago, House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, declared on Fox News that Congress could use the surplus to address "a serious unfairness in the tax code, such as the marriage penalty, the death penalty, taxes on senior citizens."
If the units at a facility that are subject to the requirements of section 422, 432, 452, or 472emit sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, or mercury for any calendar year in excess of the sulfur dioxide allowances, nitrogen oxides allowances, or mercury allowances, as the case may be, that the owner or operator of the facility holds for use for the facility for that calendar year, the owner or operator shall be liable for the payment of an excess emissions penalty, except where such emissions were authorized pursuant to section 110(f).
-- The Administrator shall, by regulation, adjust the penalty specified insubsection (a)(1) for inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index, on November 15, 1990 and annually thereafter.