Sentence examples for to punish from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to chastise

to lay

to penalize

to prosecute

to penalise

"to punish" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You could use it to describe the actions taken by an authority figure in response to someone's bad behaviour. For example, "The teacher threatened to punish the students for talking during class."

Dictionary

to punish

verb

To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.

synonyms

castigate

penalise

penalize

Exact(60)

Just to punish me".

The New Yorker

You have to punish him.

The New Yorker

It's time to punish him".

The New York Times

The first is to punish the culprits.

The Economist

How best to punish Mr. Madoff?

The New York Times

Nature itself seems to punish the amateur.

The New York Times

But she wanted to punish him.

The New York Times

"The regime intends to punish us".

The New York Times

Suffer to punish myself," Bastareaud writes.

Independent

"They go there to punish or whatever.

Independent

And how to punish those pesky Qataris?

Independent

More suggestions(15)

to punitive

to sanctions

to repression

to sanction

to suppression

to ground

to discipline

to punished

to order

to impose sanctions

to counteract

to penalty

to punishment

to criminal

to penalties

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