A person who had never knowingly wronged anyone, my sister sometimes wondered what she had done that would have allowed God to visit such retribution upon her.
Determined to punish the rebellious Texans, whom he viewed as pirates who deserved to be executed, Santa Anna mounted a campaign to demonstrate his power by exacting the same kind of retribution upon them that he had visited upon Zacatecas.
I will exact furious retribution upon anyone who challenges you in public on that date".
Asked about the manufactured photo, a campaign spokeswoman, Jill Hazelbaker, hinted darkly at possible Photoshop retribution upon Mr. Kean's opponent, Senator Robert Menendez.
Referee Ken Aston – the Howard Webb of the day (i.e. a hopeless Brit) – did not punish Sanchez for his transgression, so David took retribution upon himself.
The revolving door creaked as we entered the 43rd Street lobby, where a bronze bust of Adolph S. Ochs, the father of the modern Times, once gazed in mild retribution upon all who entered.
Marbury then actually threatened divine retribution upon the bishop by warning him to beware the judgements of God.
Other Southerners feared that a vengeful North would exact a terrible retribution upon the defeated former Confederate states.
In Western Province, senior women considered to possess special spiritual powers can identify and enact retribution upon women who are deemed a HIV vector (including divorced women and women who sell sex).
"Beersheba", a simple revenge story of retribution visited upon a lout who once engaged in bad behaviour, is a perfect example of the futility of trying to breathe life into a cliché.
The retribution visited upon the suspect, Yousif Salih Fahad al-Ayeeri, known by a nom de guerre translated by the Saudis as Swift Sword, was hailed in Saudi Arabia as a significant blow to the Qaeda network in the country and proof that the Saudi authorities were willing to bring the war on terrorism home.
