punishing

Example Sentences

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When the third round begins on Saturday, it will be baked by some of the most punishing heat in the 90-year history of the Masters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Staying even-tempered at the most famously punishing golf course in the world is a trait which two of the big names hoping to unseat McIlroy also recognise is necessary to succeed there.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

On another level, though, Pitchford is about what happens when that principle collides with the punishing procedural architecture of modern postconviction review.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

But what’s intended as a blow to the government is punishing the Cuban people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Two hundred straw hats bobbed against the punishing sun, and not a bonnet among us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck