Sentence examples for punish itself from inspiring English sources
"If this country punishes all those who violate laws, why doesn't it punish itself," said Frank Basque, 42, a veterinarian.
If distancing itself from a booster doesn't work, the university will often find a scapegoat in the athletic department and punish itself to show the N.C.A.A. good faith and perhaps forestall further penalties.
AIPAC, it will surprise no one, also appears to be behind the demand that the United States punish itself and its interests by withdrawing from the U.N. Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization as a piece of misguided retaliation for the organization's admittance of Palestine into its membership role.
Society would then be punishing itself for the wrong committed by the insured.
The N.C.A.A. ordered Rodriguez to attend a rules seminar but said the university had punished itself appropriately.
Google is punishing itself, the influential blog SearchEngineLand reported, for trying to game search results to benefit its Chrome browser.
One theory — the one proposed by the N.C.A.A. — was that the university had already punished itself by withdrawing its football team from postseason play for two straight years.
It is in this way, when the "public" sees an organization punishing itself thoroughly enough, and truthfully enough, it actually does not feel as much of a need to punish the organization further.
The University of California-Irvine's Lambda Theta Delta, the self-described first and largest Asian American fraternity at the school, punished itself for a video showing brothers in blackface.
In 2002, the University punished itself when it became apparent that its players were guilty by declaring itself ineligible for post season play immediately, returning post season play monetary rewards, vacating five seasons of games, removing commemorative banners, and placing itself on a two-year probation.
