Example sentences for: punished

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

  • The people welcomed them and rose up to help them but the operation failed and the Germans punished the Dutch people during the winter of 1944–1945.

  • And those who buy stocks after 1950 are not punished at all, because the discount compensates them for the fine.

  • Also, investigators concluded that most female troops were unwilling to report instances of sexual misconduct out of a well-founded fear that they, and not their harassers, would be punished.

  • Now, if this were a story with an ending written by social democrats, Levi's would be rewarded and Guess would be punished.

  • Iraq's attack violated the 1991 cease-fire limitations, so the United States punished it by bombing military targets in the south.


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