punishing
Example Sentences
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Two hundred straw hats bobbed against the punishing sun, and not a bonnet among us.
From Literature
After the veteran argued he was the victim of a vindictive prosecution, Boasberg allowed for an inquiry into whether the case was rooted in punishing him for constitutionally protected speech.
Long framed by a tin roof and a tent, the theater had a reputation for discomfort, as it was a source of punishing heat and the occasional mouse sighting.
From Los Angeles Times
He hated school and his exasperated father told him that he would stop punishing him for bad reports if he applied himself to reading.
From BBC
Despite punishing attacks on internal security organizations, including bases and command centers of the Revolutionary Guard and the plainclothes Basij militias, there has been no indication of serious defections or division.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
