How do you use Punishingly in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Punishingly meaning
- So as to punish.
- In a way that is tiring or exhausting.
Using Punishingly
- The main meaning on this page is: So as to punish. | In a way that is tiring or exhausting.
Context around Punishingly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Punishingly
- In this selection, "punishingly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ukraine, almost, hit, slow, high and chaotic stand out and add context to how "punishingly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an almost punishingly chaotic film and invaded ukraine punishingly high food. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "punishingly" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with punishingly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Doing work down there is a punishingly slow process, and if the single crane breaks, everything comes to a standstill. (20 words)
Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, punishingly high food prices are inflicting particular hardship on the world’s poor. (20 words)
It’s an almost punishingly chaotic film, though each line of overlapping dialogue and jittery camera move is carefully orchestrated. (20 words)
London theatre, the flagship of the UK’s £10.8bn arts sector, was hit punishingly hard by Lockdown 1; its revenue streams and its raison d’être — liveness — cut off, its infrastructure financially draining, its mostly freelance workforce hung out to dry. (42 words)
But what reviewers identified, and what accounts for the novel’s success, is that its gaze is not outward, as is the case in a certain sense with “To the End of the Land,” but unrelentingly and punishingly inward. (39 words)
But instead of luxurious palaces with dresses gilded of the finest materials a couturier could offer, these were punishingly severe fascist uniforms for the millennial aristocrat. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
Doing work down there is a punishingly slow process, and if the single crane breaks, everything comes to a standstill.
Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, punishingly high food prices are inflicting particular hardship on the world’s poor.
It’s an almost punishingly chaotic film, though each line of overlapping dialogue and jittery camera move is carefully orchestrated.
London theatre, the flagship of the UK’s £10.8bn arts sector, was hit punishingly hard by Lockdown 1; its revenue streams and its raison d’être — liveness — cut off, its infrastructure financially draining, its mostly freelance workforce hung out to dry.
But instead of luxurious palaces with dresses gilded of the finest materials a couturier could offer, these were punishingly severe fascist uniforms for the millennial aristocrat.
But what reviewers identified, and what accounts for the novel’s success, is that its gaze is not outward, as is the case in a certain sense with “To the End of the Land,” but unrelentingly and punishingly inward.