Sentence examples for was punishable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Able to be punished; appropriate for punishment.
- Littering in this area is punishable by a fine of up to $100.
Up until the 1860s, sodomy in Britain was punishable, and through the 1830s actually punished, by death.
Punish accounts that post fake news If publishing fake news was punishable with bans on Facebook then it would disincentivise organizations from doing so.
Vulnerability was punishable by death.
Failure to attend daily prayers was punishable by public flogging.
In his Libya, dissent was punishable by death.
Such assistance was punishable by death under Nazi occupation.
Until now, adultery was punishable by three months in jail.
Violating the pledge, they said, was punishable by death.
7 The offense the grand jury was investigating was punishable by no more than a fine.
(Jefferson's position was actually a liberal reform: at the time, homosexuality was punishable by death).
Perfidy is punishable by success.
