Sentence examples for punitive reaction from inspiring English sources

They said it was a regressive and punitive reaction to mental health issues.

Mr. Knight's punitive reaction really questions the autonomy of the university itself.

The crowd was booing loudly, and the punitive reaction came swiftly.

"If doctors know that anything they provide can potentially be revealed," Dr. Richards said, "they will be more worried about lawsuits, penalties and a punitive reaction.

Rather, it's the timidity of readers' judgements sometimes — their wanting characters to be "nice," their punitive reaction if the character is headlong, or extravagant, or selfish — particularly if it's a female character, and a female reader.

The tax was presented as a punitive reaction to the revived profitability of the banks, something the administration had aggressively sought to bring about.

These parents are less aware of their youth emotional life, show unacceptance to their emotion expression, with dismissing, disapproving, and punitive reactions.

The WHO said it has been working closely with the government of Sierra Leone to prevent punitive reactions.

The punitive reactions against a few individuals or an isolated fraternity chapter are no more effective than any other punitive measures taken against scapegoats.

"I can't say what the state's aim is here, but if you're a community that's been at risk of punitive reactions in interaction with government, you're not going to want to keep interacting with them".

President Obama warned the Syrian government that the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" that would prompt a punitive American reaction.