Sentence examples for brought retribution from inspiring English sources

This brought retribution from Pacifica.

An escalation into violence would have placed the mission of the Njálssons on a completely different footing as, particularly at the location of the Alþingi, any violent act would have been insupportable, and brought retribution upon them.

The Syrians, he said, "have been on notice for months" that such attacks would bring retribution.

Conventionally this creation of a new story brings retribution to the transgressor.

Businesses fear that taking a stand will bring retribution: bureaucratic harassment, arbitrary tax demands or missing out on public contracts.

He would be warned that cheating would bring retribution, as would attempts to produce weapons of mass destruction.

The Count strokes his pet mice and laughs "inwardly and silently" at the pious thought that criminal deeds bring retribution.

"It's a very calibrated move that is designed to make a point without bringing retribution from the I.D.F., which is the last thing Hezbollah wants right now".

Such programs infuriate the government and bring retribution, said Ziad al-Ajili, executive director of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, a local watchdog organization.

In the end the corruption of our corporate system will bring retribution; even if political action never comes, investors will eventually lose faith and put their money elsewhere.

Several herbs, especially St.-John's-wort and yarrow, are potent against fairies, and hawthorn trees, foxglove, and groundsel are so dear to them that abuse of these plants may bring retribution.