This page shows Punish in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Punish in a sentence
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Punish meaning
- To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).
- To treat harshly and unfairly.
- To handle or beat severely; to maul.
Synonyms of Punish
Example sentences (20)
Certain strategy games incentivize quick thinking and punish slow gameplay, forcing players to act faster in combat.
Napoli have reportedly decided not to punish Victor Osimhen for his angry reaction to being substituted last weekend.
Others think it will just cause these giants to punish Canadian publishers by pulling our sites out of search results.
The government needs to enforce strict policies and regulations that will punish counterfeiters and protect consumers.
The state of Israel is trying to punish the Palestinians and coerce them into changing their minds by sanctions.
Besides, Hamas still has enough control over the population to punish anybody who openly demands a cease-fire.
Mwamba said Zambia is a democracy and the abuse of archaic and colonial laws to punish the Opposition must come to an end.
Nevertheless, under the law, we take a lot of decisions in courts to punish the perpetrators of such crimes.
Republican activists are already working to punish the House Republicans who voted to impeach Paxton, starting with Phelan.
That will be a huge confidence booster to him and a warning to Brecel that if you leave him an opening, he will punish you.
Future legislation will likely reward cement firms who succeed in hitting climate milestones and will punish those who fail.
Putin denounced the rebellion as 'treason' and a 'stab in the back' and vowed to punish its perpetrators.
The vaguely-worded carries a penalty of 15 years in jail and rights groups say it has been used to punish political activism.
The important thing is not to punish people living in sparsely populated rural areas who have to use a car for lack of choice.
If you do that against a team like Spurs, with the wealth of talent they have at the top end of the pitch, they will punish you.
The list allows authorities to punish and to silence truth-tellers who expose the official narratives for the lies that they are.
In South Carolina, they slowed the budget process this year with failed amendments to punish universities with diversity programs.
Eastman will have the opportunity to appeal if Roland decides to disbar him or otherwise punish him.
The former governor said the 40,000-donor requirement will punish those who are “just building” their campaign or national efforts.
But as usual, Democrats want to punish the majority for the criminal or tragic actions of the few.
Common combinations with punish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to punish 109×
- punish the 36×
- and punish 30×
- punish those 15×
- will punish 14×
- punish him 8×
- punish them 7×
- not punish 6×
- can punish 5×
- punish you 5×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word punish. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.