Sentence examples for suffering retribution from inspiring English sources
But Judge Preska disagreed, saying restaurants and other businesses can -- and often do -- buy their fountain syrup directly from the Pepsi bottlers, without paying more or suffering retribution from suppliers.
Here's the truth: in our society, men can abuse women at will, with a very low chance of suffering any retribution.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1845) The pinnacle of prison escape novels, Dumas' novel is a tale of suffering and retribution.
My sister and I were like soldiers under the vicious regime of a tyrant, scared to put even the slightest foot wrong through fear of sadistic retribution – yet suffering that very fate regardless.
When the court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, it said an execution could avoid being a "gratuitous infliction of suffering" if it served the purpose of incapacitation, deterrence or retribution.
Importantly, penance isn't punishment: it's not a bit of suffering that you deserve to have inflicted upon you by someone else for the purpose of retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, or compensation.
Despite suffering such terrible injuries, most victims of acid attacks do not seek justice, for fear of retribution.
Violence directly causes harm and suffering to sentient beings, pollutes the minds of those who use it, and creates cycles of hatred and retribution that can inflict terrible damage, both physical and psychological.
Not only was she risking the retribution of the Nazi occupying forces, she was risking the health of her family – because Louis was suffering from tuberculosis.
