Words similar to punishment

Example sentences for: punishment

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

Don't get Chatterbox wrong; like Benetton, he is opposed to capital punishment.
As for "punishment," a convict in Virginia describes the deterioration of prison conditions.
Here the expert is Professor Isaac Ehrlich, who, in the mid-'70s, pioneered the use of sophisticated statistical techniques to measure deterrent effects of conviction and punishment.
A fascinating story describes and denounces solitary confinement, a punishment now inflicted on 8 percent to 10 percent of prison inmates.
But convicted murderers are almost never given suspended sentences, and in Libby's case the circumstances might increase her punishment because the murder was premeditated.