How to Use punishment in a Sentence

punishment

noun

• I took away my daughter's car keys as a punishment for her bad behavior.
• The punishments that the government has inflicted on the protesters are severe and unjust.
• Some religions teach that wicked people will suffer eternal punishment in hell after they die.
• The punishment for murder is life imprisonment.
• The punishment paved the way for the team to change ownership and Ballmer’s purchase in the spring of 2014.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• The punishment amounts to a slap on the wrist for this year’s draft from April 25-27 in Detroit.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• West's punishment would range between five to 99 years to life in prison.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• Puma, though, was hoping to serve his punishment at home and avoid a fine.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023
• But the punishment was far above the six and a half years requested by his defense lawyers.
  — J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The charge is a third-degree felony in Texas, with a possible punishment of two to 10 years in prison.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 12 Dec. 2022
• In 1989, as the boys faced charges in the attack, an outraged city thirsted for their punishment.
  — Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• The archbishop will bless the sword and hand it to the monarch with the injunction that it should be used for the protection of good and the punishment of evil.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• The juror chose the option of attending the first day of the trial as punishment.
  — oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2023
• The archbishop blessed the sword and handed it to Charles with the injunction that it should be used for the protection of good and the punishment of evil.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
• In the Book of Jonah, the Israelite prophet spends three days in the belly of a whale as divine punishment, before being spit back on the shore.
  — Nathan Burstein, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
• If anorexia and bulimia are about punishment, dessert − the spirit of dessert, not just the item on the plate − is the opposite.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
• Under Arkansas law, rape is a Class Y felony, with the punishment ranging from 10 to 40 years to life in prison.
  — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 4 Sep. 2024
• The fast isn't meant as punishment or to torture those observing it.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
• The move was widely seen as a punishment for the company opposing the law.
  — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
• Although Strauss won’t face any sanction by the university, his lawyer said that the length of the probe has been its own form of punishment.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• As punishment, coaches forced wrestlers to run up and down a steep hill seven times, the lawsuit alleged.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• Still, for over a year, Rokita has pursued punishment for Bernard.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• The RZRs hustled along, absorbing even more punishment than the day before with equal aplomb.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• But this is all merely a prelude to a more earthbound tale of guilt and innocence, crime and punishment.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
• Those who believe that punishment is of value even if nothing good will come of it simply want to see the guilty suffer.
  — Kieran Setiya, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2023
• Had Damari shot someone, the state attorney might have transferred him to adult court, where punishment is much worse.
  — Sammy Caiola, NPR, 4 June 2024
• As punishment, Mason hasn't been allowed to eat any of it and doesn't get phone privileges.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2023
• Which is why Rodchenkov is an advocate of a more stern punishment.
  — Molly Stazicker, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
• There is a sense that in criminality, that there is not a punishment. ...
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2024
• All three are moderate Democrats who have campaigned on issues such as dismantling tent encampments and enacting harsher punishments for retail crime.
  — Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024