punishing
Example Sentences
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Equity markets, it appears, have stopped rewarding companies making job cuts, even if their stated justifications are benign, and are punishing share prices regardless.
From MarketWatch
It was the final stretch of a punishing four-day pilgrimage to Mexico’s most venerated shrine, where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary miraculously appeared nearly 500 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times
They need not do so by punishing investors and the agency’s public servants, she said.
From Barron's
And punishing states doesn’t resolve the challenge of developing federal rules.
In addition to the tariffs, new regulations ended a loophole that allowed the company to send small packages to the U.S. tariff-free, punishing sales.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
