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Example sentences for: punishing

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In his otherwise useful and accurate analysis of the issues involving Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar, "," Jacob Weisberg perpetuates the myth that Hollywood has for decades been punishing Kazan by withholding laurels that would have been his had he not named names.
And punishing evil corporations is very different from punishing evil governments.
Pans also for the normally sunny Ryan, miscast here as a leather-clad bitch bent on punishing her ex: "The same way a Care Bear is a teeth-baring grizzly" (Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today ). (The Addicted to Love site has a plot summary as well as stills and clips.)
The converse was true of the punishing stimulus; losing a large amount of money would often (but not always) signal that a reversal had occurred.
It is incumbent on the House to recognise that an impeachment trial should be a way of protecting the office of president, not punishing the man."