Sentence examples for harsh retribution from inspiring English sources
Child-rearing practices often involve neglect in the early years and harsh retribution when kids hit 9 or 10.
In a sign of relative leniency, an appeals court on December 11th reduced the sentence on a prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, from three to two years, still a remarkably harsh retribution for organising and joining "illegal gatherings".
No doubt, too, others will regard any attempt to deport her as harsh retribution — "a victim being revictimized," in the words of Aileen Josephs, an immigration lawyer in West Palm Beach, Fla., who reached out to Mr. Thompson on Tuesday.
Whistle-blowers, who risk their livelihood to expose government or corporate corruption, need and depend on the press to shield them from the harsh retribution of the powerful parties whose corruption they have exposed.
There was a crisis atmosphere, for at the same time the Washington Post Company was in the process of being taken public, raising concerns that the company could face harsh retribution from federal regulators if it published the Pentagon Papers while The New York Times was enjoined.
Jordanians have reacted with shock and revulsion to Kasasbeh's slaying, with King Abdullah II promising harsh retribution.
Not long ago, that same gunfire would have led to harsh retributions and sustained tension.
Belarus's cycle of public protests and harsh official retribution continued, most notably on April 20, when about 85 people were detained after an opposition rally in central Minsk.
The disgruntled buyer, in a harsh form of retribution, fixed the hard drive, discovered embarrassing images of Mr. Tofangsazan on the disk and posted them online, drawing full-throated, sometimes disturbingly bloodthirsty cheers from fraud-weary Netizens.
On the tapes played Tuesday, for example, Mr. Mohamud is seen at some points gesturing animatedly with both arms, gazing upward, as he talks about what seems a harsh code of retribution for the deaths of Muslims by the American military.
Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and now we can have our VoIP calls and chatting without fear of harsh and righteous retribution.
