Sentence examples for excessively punitive from inspiring English sources

The overuse of the sentence reflects this excessively punitive era.

Others view the loss of Internet access rights as an excessively punitive measure that violates a basic right, and a trademark of repressive regimes.

Inspectors found responses to women whose behaviour caused concern were "excessively punitive", with too little attempt to tackle the underlying causes of their behaviour.

In my single year of teaching at a public school, I saw at least half a dozen new and veteran teachers flee a single school and its excessively punitive administration for retirement or another profession.

According to the Daily News, an anonymous group of parents at one of Success Academy's newest schools, a middle school in Hudson Yards, sent an e-mail to Moskowitz in October complaining about an excessively punitive atmosphere.

A wide-ranging independent review of the government's controversial benefit sanctions regime is urgently needed to address widespread concerns that it is unfair, excessively punitive, and does little to help people get into work, according to a cross-party committee of MPs.

"A sanction of disbarment would be excessively harsh, impermissibly punitive and unprecedented in the circumstances of this case," wrote the lawyers, David E. Kendall and Nicole K. Seligman of Washington.

But even if the allegation were correct, the lawyers said, "a sanction of disbarment would be excessively harsh, impermissibly punitive and unprecedented in the circumstances of this case".

"So not excessively excessive.

"The real losers are the horses - jockeys are once again allowed to use the whip excessively without a relatively strong preventative punitive element".

Punitive damages are extremely rare in breach of contract cases, but if the breaching party's conduct was excessively wrongful you may be entitled to these damages.