Sentence examples for demanded retribution from inspiring English sources

Bahrami has consistently demanded retribution for her injuries and has insisted that the punishment be carried out.

Most of the British press had demanded "retribution swift and stern", not because the men were Irish, but because they were Fenians; "the public demand for the death penalty was not simply an expression of anti-Irish sentiment, but rather a product of the Fenian panic and popular feelings of insecurity and the desire for order".

Now, as then, politicians and lawyers have been swift to demand retribution and reform.

Hundreds stood outside, waving Egyptian flags and chanting slogans demanding "retribution".

The villagers were furious & took them home to their father, demanding retribution at his hands.

This is a Shylock who demands retribution -- and his pound of flesh.

In the past few weeks this ghost has been particularly active, making appearances in several European and American courts, demanding retribution and winning injunctions against Rosneft.

And like clockwork, on September 11, crowds of Muslim protesters stormed the walls of the US embassy in Cairo, demanding retribution for the insult to the prophet Muhammad.

Roger Allam's Bernard, bragging that his plan is "so precise as to be almost poetic", perfectly exudes a peacock vanity which demands retribution.

The next day, Chinese students attacked the Africans' dorm, shouting, "Kill the black devils!" While the Africans fled, thousands of Chinese demonstrated in Nanjing's streets for five nights, chanting racial epithets and demanding retribution.

Now, says Mr Usupashvili, the people are demanding retribution; and, as a democratically elected government, "we have to respond".Mr Usupashvili recognises the risks of this turning into a political witch-hunt.