How to Use punitive in a Sentence

punitive

adjective

• Lobbyists complain that the bill would impose punitive taxes on the industry.
• The federal government will take punitive action against the company that polluted the river.
• Extreme punitive measures The hijab has long been a point of contention in Iran.
  — Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
• Barring you from the house is a serious case of punitive excess.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Her punitive response to the breakup is a different story, though, and strikes me as the cherry on the Jack’s-good-judgment sundae.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• About five minutes into the first 7 on 7 period, that crowd got a good look of Devin Brown running his first punitive lap of camp.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• These are crisp red flags around the boyfriend — of stubbornness, a punitive us-vs.-them worldview, a fragile ego and a taste for seizing control.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• The harsh terms of that peace, with further punitive demands against the Germans in the Treaty of Versailles, sowed the seeds of a German discontent that would help launch the next world war 21 years later.
  — Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2023
• There’s nothing much worse than spending an evening with a group of people who are about to start a diet, a punitive exercise regime, a detox or a fast.
  — Time, 30 Dec. 2022
• He was expected to announce a series of punitive measures against the Palestinians later in the evening.
  — Isabel Debre, ajc, 28 Jan. 2023
• But experts say that in practice, the agency’s approach is often punitive.
  — Elizabeth Koh, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• Bruner said the detention center staff are punitive when her pregnant daughter acts out or gets into a fight.
  — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
• That solves all of it, if your partner is not punitive and is able, with time and thoughtful discussion, to see the merits of being flexible.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2022
• On Friday, Biden framed the punitive action as a necessary measure.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• Instead, there was an incentive for people to choose to come to New York, even though it was started with a punitive impulse by Abbott.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• Finally, the governor made a motion to commute her death-in-prison sentence to one less punitive.
  — Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Beltran’s resume should age nicely, and punitive votes against him for his sign-stealing role figure to recede as time goes on.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
• So do punitive measures like New Zealand’s plan to require farmers to start paying a price for the methane that cows belch and the nitrous oxide that comes from their urine.
  — Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
• The grant is meant to fund training for staff to help students with their behavioral and mental health needs and reduce the reliance on punitive discipline.
  — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2023
• And in August, a jury ordered him to pay the parents of a six-year-old killed in the massacre $49.3 million in punitive and compensatory damages.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2022
• The penalty of a punitive tax only applies to drug companies that sell any drugs to Medicare or Medicaid.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• That's much less punitive than the failure to file penalty, which is why tax experts urge people to file for an extension and make a good-faith estimate.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
• Homendy wrote that the agency is not looking to speak with employees for punitive purposes.
  — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
• The need of the US and its allies to preserve access to energy led them to strike a compromise in balancing punitive moves with their own self-interest.
  — Azure Gilman, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2023
• There were some who were sufficiently savvy about the fickle and punitive aspects of popular culture to fear for her early on.
  — Daphne Merkin, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
• The number of cars the U.S. imports from China barely registers due to punitive tariffs of 25% imposed on top of the standard 2.5% import duty.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
• Heller was seeking a total of $110 million in damages, both punitive and monetary.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 24 Jan. 2023
• So, too, have Britain’s scandal-mongering tabloids, likely out of concern over U.K.’s more punitive libel laws.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• Brown, who had to run a punitive lap for throwing an interception in the first practice, had to run another for being stripped of a fumble in a split team period.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
• The lawsuit asks for a jury trial and seeks punitive and compensatory damages.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 15 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024