Sentence examples for punishing act from inspiring English sources

The artist turned the overwhelming guilt he felt as a boy after stealing some stone from a pyramid into the punishing act of remaking the stone as a vast knitted rock.

What will pump him up for his final punishing act?

The statute's broad definition of sabotage — attempting or committing an act with the "intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States" — has made the law a useful tool for punishing acts of civil disobedience.

In December, Mr Ghannouchi defended his approach, which involved punishing acts of violence that break the law, and reaching out to moderate elements in all political groups.

Governments in New Delhi have been reluctant to even acknowledge, much less punish, acts of mass violence.

The criminal code – largely mirroring many other colonial laws – punishes acts that are deemed "unnatural offences".

Managers who explicitly reward rather than punish acts of individual courage can get their employees off the sidelines to act as engaged citizens at the workplace.

Mr. Putin also asked his justice minister to speed up work on a new law to punish acts of political violence.

States "may be responsible for private acts if they fail to act with due diligence to prevent violations of rights or to investigate and punish acts of violence, and for providing compensation". ( 9).

Mindful of demographic realities and the strains of anti-Semitism in their country's past, French officials are struggling to denounce and punish acts of anti-Semitism without fueling racism toward France's ethnic Arab Muslim population.

In some States the phrase 'injurious to public morals' would be likely to punish acts which it would not punish in others because of the varying policies on such matters as use of cigarettes or liquor and the permissibility of gambling.