Sentence examples for instant punishment from inspiring English sources

A tantrum resulted in instant punishment: a timeout of 5 to 10 minutes, shortened for good behavior.

Such an atrocity, had it been committed by any Arab or Iranian, or indeed a Muslim of any persuasion, would have brought down instant punishment, or even war.

Rothbard also urged the (state) police to crackdown on "street criminals", writing that "cops must be unleashed" and "and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error".

There's no relief for the fighter in the relentless exposure of the ring, where every instant is a level of punishment that few mortals can bear.

AOL does not like that intrusion, though, and it kept cutting off my connections with its users and sending me a haughty instant message that was both punishment and advertising -- for its own service.

But surely there is a way more in line with existing laws, US and international, than fleecing a naive judge into ordering instant and out-of-place punishments with global implications.

She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.

(Never mind how I know!) So maybe the attraction involves instant penance: for the sin of vanity, a quick zap of punishment.

Ray said this week, however, that it was the most humane option available of the capital punishment alternatives — including hanging, decapitation, or electric chair — as it brings "instant death". .

Individuals who are impatient, they believe, prefer instant benefits and are therefore less likely to be deterred by potential punishments.But those who fret that a person's criminal path is set already as a teenager should not despair.

He quotes a 16th Century Pontiff who decreed the punishment for pedophilia to be death, and a 1917 bill about the instant excommunication of sex-abusing priests.