mete

Example Sentences

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The case pitted McGlockton’s right to defend his family from a threatening stranger against Drejka’s right to initiate a confrontation over a parking spot and then to mete out justice according to his own whim.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

Williams’ Anna absorbs his fury as though it were the penance she herself would mete out for her sins.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

They started to mete out desegregation orders with teeth, requiring busing if necessary.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

And yet Himes is able to garner sympathy and adulation for these two men who, within the world of Himes’s Harlem, try their best to mete out justice equally under an inherently unjust system.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

He went so far as to hope that human justice would mete out punishment unflinchingly.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus