Sentence examples for common punishments from inspiring English sources

Beheading, dismemberment and being roasted alive have, perhaps fortunately, become less common punishments for the losers in our modern games of ego.

The most common punishments were penitential pilgrimages, the wearing of yellow crosses on clothing (which was feared because it led to ostracism), and imprisonment.

One of the lightest and most common punishments is first to starve the prisoner and then give him or her a bowl of very greasy noodles as 'compensation.' " "According to descriptions given by those who have visited in more recent years," the paper said, high officials still receive special living conditions at Qincheng Prison".

Many of these rules can be enforced by officials with prisons and courts but the simplest and most common punishments are enacted in groups:  criticism and exclusion refusing to play, in the park, market, or workplace, with those who violate norms.

Yet in his missions, flogging and shackling were common punishments.

Besides being beaten by several padrinos at once, the anexados identify a variety of common punishments in this anexo.

Early in December, Mr Murphy faced excommunication, a fairly common punishment for members who question church doctrine.

Demolishing homes is a common punishment in Pakistan's tribal areas, where residents adhere to a traditional legal code.

But instead of giving detentions, demerits or some other common punishment for skipping out, they took a rather unusual step.

Floggings are a common punishment in Sudan for crimes like drinking alcohol and adultery, but sentences of stoning are rare.

If the political violence of Northern Ireland rarely warrants more than a couple of paragraphs in the newspapers, the more common "punishment shootings" get even fewer.