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Example sentences for: punishing

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The piece praises much-maligned Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter for his impartiality, but admits his office is too soft on punishing criminals.
The more devout Californians were convinced God was punishing San Francisco for its gold lust and sinfulness when an earthquake, registering 8.25 on the Richter Scale, struck the city at 5:13am on 18 April 1906.
The evidence of eroding Christian values is that compelling a man to publicize his hidden faults and punishing him for not cooperating in his own disgrace are no longer considered by many to be sins at all.
In its main editorial Monday, the paper said the British had particular cause for dismay over the United States' "punishing tariffs" on their products, because they have given "unquestioning and unhesitating support for all U.S. policies and actions--even to the extent of exposing their own citizens and interests to danger, and calling into question their true commitment to Europe."
This declared that the Israeli prime minister ran no risks when he refused to go to Washington to talk peace, because "the White House is incapable of punishing his insolence as, six months before the midterm congressional elections, Clinton is disarmed."