suffer consequences

Example Sentences

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Though she assures readers that students do suffer consequences, including suspension, for infractions, the goal at HVA is for students to understand what they have done wrong and to make amends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Luna said that any city employees involved in the brokering should suffer consequences, including losing their jobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

“We realized that we could suffer consequences … that we had never thought about.”

From Science Magazine • Aug. 17, 2023

It was the outfit of an important somebody who doesn’t suffer consequences.

From Slate • May 16, 2023

But he was not such a fool as to think that he could simply free the prince from his bonds and not suffer consequences.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny