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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• Which is why Rodchenkov is an advocate of a more stern punishment.
  — Molly Stazicker, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
• He was cursed to forget his powers as punishment by the gods, but remembers them one day with the king of bears’ assistance.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
• Karen kicks him out, and Harry’s punishment…is a month-long walkabout?
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
• The third, and the one that has been credited with having the most profound effect this month, is the sudden and very real specter of punishment for excess.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Partisans are also split over the punishments for those charged in the Capitol riot.
  — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• The judge, Jack Mattison, would decide his punishment for those crimes.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• Here was a chance for vengeance, but when the council asked what punishment the soldier should face, the mother asked for the boy to be released into her own care, and to raise him as her own.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• According to a press release, customers will be able to play pool, sit in Moe’s office, write their punishments on the blackboard and more.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• He is set to be sentenced on Feb. 6 and faces up to a year in jail, but he could also be sentenced to a lesser punishment, like probation.
  — William Earl, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
• No decision has been announced whether any forfeits or punishment is coming to the school or team.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• These are the stories of perseverance, of patience, of paying dues and punishments in a league that doesn’t often wait around.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Jan. 2024
• There's little room for a child to have a discussion with their parent and mistakes often lead to punishment.
  — Tanay Howard, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
• Unlike fines, which are supposed to be a form of punishment, fees became a way to raise government revenue.
  — Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2024
• What the defense was arguing was that since this was a self-defense case, the brothers were deserving of a lesser charge and punishment.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024