Sentence examples for punishment upon from inspiring English sources

I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone.

He cited Carkner for "continuing to inflict punishment upon an opponent who was an unwilling combatant".

Francis has rightly been slammed for victim-blaming, for suggesting the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists brought their punishment upon themselves.

10] in staying the Japanese advance into the city and in inflicting a terrific punishment upon the invader.

She is then only partly responsible for the deed and for bringing the subsequent punishment upon herself.

When one leaves the state of nature, then one relinquishes the right personally to inflict punishment upon wrongdoers.

The fact the sisters are black played a role in the (white) judge's decision to impose such punitive punishments upon them, they allege.

thank God". Dave Allen at Peace left the viewer in no doubt why he despised what he saw as the hypocrisy and absurdity of the Catholic church, with Pauline McLynn (aka Mrs Doyle in Father Ted) popping up as a sadistic nun who meted cruel, undeserved punishments upon young Davey and his friends at school in Dublin.

It does not feature Jones's most recent venture into other artists' material, however, in which the massed ranks (and we use the word "rank" advisedly) of Jones and his fellow judges on BBC1's The Voice performed cruel and unusual punishments upon Beautiful Day the other week.

The native was not always condemned to menial chores; he was once treated as a member of the family, until something he did or rather wanted to do — an impulse, a violation of the rules, a lawless desire — called down heavy punishments upon his head.

The idea of congress inflicting severe and ignominious punishments upon the militia in times of peace was absurd.