- present tense form of punish (3rd person singular).
punishes
Example Sentences
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It is wonderful what a comfort these punkahs are!
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
The open doors of the deckhouse companion revealed an interior of ivory paneling touched with gold, and hung with heavy velvet punkahs.
From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward
To-day, the passengers gathered in the handsome saloon were glad to see the doors flung wide and the punkahs vigorously waving, for it was very warm.
From All Aboard A Story for Girls by Newberry, Fannie E.
In the tropics, he builds houses to protect himself from the heat, and creates an artificial cold by punkahs, electric fans, and the manufacture of ice.
From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond
This was also the hottest time in most of the places we visited, and some of the matches were played in a temperature bordering on 100° F., while the spectators were sitting under punkahs.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
