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Example sentences for: punish

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

In other words, why should we punish Hussein and support and reward say, Indonesia, which has been slaughtering people in East Timor?
All but seven states punish both people involved.
The NYT and WP report that Chinese Embassy officials and visiting military advisers and scholars have hinted that the Chinese government is considering a blockade of some small Taiwan-controlled islands, a small air battle, or perhaps an incursion into Taiwanese waters to punish the nation for its recent talk of independence.
Global labor markets punish nations with a high minimum wage or costly environmental standards.
That is why we need tougher laws to prevent and punish them.