punish

Example Sentences

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Historically - both in the 1970s and over the past few years - incumbent governments across the world have been punished by voters in such moments.

From BBC

Gattuso admitted the team's shortcomings: "When you have chances and don't take them, football punishes you."

From BBC

The worst monthly showing for the S&P 500 index in a year — and the worst first-quarter performance since 2022, when a punishing bear market was just getting underway.

From MarketWatch

His assessment came after he lamented the fact that social media algorithms punish “decency” and reward “flamboyant narcissism and controversy.”

From Los Angeles Times

A furious heat rises in me, from my gut to the tips of my fingers, and my body clenches at his audacity, at the lies, at the lengths he’s willing to go to punish me.

From Literature