Sentence examples for punitive steps from inspiring English sources

Pakistan retaliated with its own punitive steps.

It has stopped short of significant punitive steps like sanctions.

Punitive steps "wouldn't have been just," he said.

Pakistan quickly retaliated tonight with matching punitive steps.

Instead, they braced for possible punitive steps by the United States and Israel.

Southern African nations fear that punitive steps could unsettle the region further.

It's a very punitive step, as far as we're concerned".

"We don't like the idea of developing our communities as a sort of retaliatory or punitive step," he said.

"Hopefully, this is a positive step rather than a punitive step," said Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, the California Democrat who sponsored one of the state's several pending reporting bills.

While the law allows some leeway, it is widely seen as the most punitive step yet taken by the United States against Iran.

In his first overtly punitive step, Mr. Obama canceled the Bright Star military exercise, the largest and most visible sign of cooperation between the armed forces of the two nations.