Sentence examples for started to punish from inspiring English sources

But Jacobsen's legend began long before he started to punish Pacific Coast League pitching.

The Kurds, part of the world's largest stateless minority, have been heading in that direction since 1991, when Saddam Hussein started to punish them by means of isolation and sanctions.

Brazil's economy first stagnated, then fell into a deep recession; the government slashed spending; and prosecutors' investigations started to punish corruption in several companies in which BTG had teamed up with the government.

They've also started to punish rumour-mongers".

They are the first people to say, "Let market forces work" until the market is starting to punish them.

I've met some great people along the way, and that's all good and well, but at the same time you think 'I'm starting to punish myself now'.

I can't believe with all the brilliance we have in the NBA office, that we can't find a way to eliminate this part of the game, or at least even start to punish it.

The unsung challenger proved a revelation, however, overcoming a cautious start to punish the champion with his relentless left jab and earn a split decision.

The Trump Administration has tried, from the start, to punish sanctuary cities by withholding federal funding and increasing ICE activity in them.

Many mothers mentioned three years as the average age when a child can start to be punished.

He was interrupted by a guttural sound, and then the crowd parted: in their midst, a man had started to dance — a fierce, martial, punishing abstract solo — and was speaking the words to the song "Be Careful, It's My Heart".