Sentence examples for were punished by from inspiring English sources

They were punished by "becoming apes and pigs".

We were punished by our bad first half, my responsibility, and we were punished by Mark with his bad decisions in the second half".

But Americans investing in countries using the euro were punished by the dollar.

Despite the widespread failure of water suppliers across the US, very few were punished by the EPA last year.

Which?, formerly the Consumers Association, said tens of thousands of bank customers were punished by excessive bank charges every year.

Women caught smoking were punished by being forced to dig a huge symbolic grave to drop their cigarette in.

In their home country they were punished by being locked in a room any time they lost.

They were punished by austerity-weary voters who turned to the leftist party Syriza, which placed second with 70 seats.

In the 18th century coinage offenses were punished by branding the right cheek with the letter "R" for "rogue".

The journalists behind that story were punished by a Hanoi court last October for "abusing democratic freedoms".

Last week the Seasiders were punished by the Premier League for putting out an under-strength team in their 3-2 defeat Astonton Villa in November.