just punishment
Example Sentences
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Is a shot from 12 yards with only the goalkeeper to beat a just punishment?
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
“Defendant deserves just punishment for his crimes, including a prison sentence,” Avenatti wrote in a memo to the judge, referring to himself in the third person.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2022
"Considering the extensiveness of Holmes' fraud... the sentencing of 180 months' imprisonment would reflect the seriousness of the offenses, provide for just punishment for the offenses, and deter Holmes and others," the prosecutors said.
From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2022
None of this rules out the possibility that McCabe made a serious mistake for which he is now receiving his just punishment.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2018
Let us hope he was often troubled with a touch of the bile as a just punishment for his greediness.
From The Sheep and Lamb by Miller, Thomas
