Sentences with punish
pun·ish
P p - I don't believe that George ever had to punish the children. [VERB noun]
- The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail. [VERB noun]
- Punish implies the infliction of some penalty on a wrongdoer and generally connotes retribution rather than correction [to punish a murderer by hanging]; discipline suggests punishment that is intended to control or to establish habits of self-control [to discipline a naughty child]; correct suggests punishment for the purpose of overcoming faults [to correct unruly pupils]; chastise implies usually corporal punishment and connotes both retribution and correction; , castigate now implies punishment by severe public criticism or censure [to castigate a corrupt official]; chasten implies the infliction of tribulation in order to make obedient, meek, etc. and is used especially in a theological sense[ “He chastens and hastens His will to make known”]
- To punish a horse
- To punish the bottle
- The punishing rays of the sun
- To punish a criminal.
- To punish theft.
- To punish a quart of whiskey.