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Example sentences for: penalty

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

It also includes more measures to reduce the marriage penalty and fewer to reduce the estate tax.
You are absolutely right when you say Buffy the Vampire Slayer and your opposition to the death penalty must exist "cheek by jowl."
If convicted, the bombers could get the death penalty.
exclaimed the giddy Ferris, "I've always been mad about corporate lawyers, especially when they're pro-death penalty," he did not add.
But these kinds of calculations vastly overstate the marriage penalty.