[ UK /pˈʌnɪʃmənt/ ]
[ US /ˈpənɪʃmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of punishing
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use punishment In A Sentence

  • And the moral murder of my child is to be my punishment for daring to turn a deaf ear to the indign passion of a brute! The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
  • The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.
  • The French and Dutch results were punishment for political failure on a grand scale.
  • There must then be obedience to an infinite law, or _infinite_ punishment for transgression. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church
  • The Korea Skating Union suspended Lee Jung-su and Kwak Yoon-gy from all competitions until April 2013 as punishment for allegedly helping to fix competitions and national team tryouts in March, KSU official Kim Tae-wan said. Two South Korean Olympic medalists get 3-year skating ban
  • In the Qing Dynasty, the officials's penal system includes two parts: disciplinary sanction and penal punishment.
  • In ways often too subtle to be conscious but sometimes overt, I believe, blacks remain devalued in American schools, where, for example, a recent national survey shows that through high school they are still more than twice as likely as white children to receive corporal punishment, be suspended from school, or be labeled mentally retarded. Race and the Schooling of Black Americans
  • It was said that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by _national punishments_, and that the continuance of the slave trade, and thus giving it a national character, sanction, and encouragement, ought to be considered as justly exposing us to the displeasure and vengeance of him who is equally the Lord of all, and who views with equal eye the poor _African slave_ and his _American master_! [ The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
  • Worshipping in unregistered churches was strictly illegal, and those caught often faced severe punishment. A Church for China
  • Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy