Sentence examples for retribution as from inspiring English sources

"Closure" was now the dominant theme with the Brandons, and retribution as well, a reason for living.

He would be warned that cheating would bring retribution, as would attempts to produce weapons of mass destruction.

Britain's "retribution" (as in that picture of Britannia and the tiger) was devastating: at the Battle of Omdurman, Maxim guns all but destroyed the Mahdist army, killing about 10,000 to just 500 British casualties.

They would intervene in potential acts of retribution — as well as try to defuse seemingly minor spats that might erupt into something bigger, like disputes over women or insulting remarks.

Charpentier effectively enlists the obligatory choruses and dances of French Baroque opera to play a part in Médée's grim retribution, as, for instance, in a ceremony in which Médée, invoking magical powers, summons demons and prepares a poison to implant in a robe destined for Créuse (choreography by Kim Brandstrup).

When Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a DNC vice chair, objected to Wasserman-Schultz's "policy of retribution," as well as her "unilateral decision" to limit debates, the response was swift.

The retribution was as swift as it was disproportionate: a lifetime ban later commuted to hard labour.

Those on the "hard left " want accountability, and the serious beltway "journalists" want to "keep walking" away from "retribution" so as to maintain life's sweet "mystery".

He said Labour's temporary tax on bonuses had raised £3.5bn, adding: "There is more money to be taken out of banks - not as retribution - but as a fair share of getting the fiscal deficit down".

The government threatens revenge and retribution, which is as expected as it is worrying.

But this view sees the SEC as uniquely committed to retribution (and, as the SEC recognized in its complaint, Musk was more reckless than willfully fraudulent).