Sentences with 'punishments'
Example sentences and phrases with the word punishments and other words derived from it.
• « Thales of Miletus explained earthquakes not as punishments arbitrarily inflicted by the gods on mankind, but as the result of the earth floating in a gigantic ocean that occasionally splashed against it. »
• « The prison's only heating pipe which, according to former inmates, was commonly iced to increase their punishments, now felt pleasantly warm to the touch. »
• « The state, through its institutions, provides for compliance with these rules and foresees punishments in case of non-compliance. »
• « Meanwhile, punishments designed to hurt only one colony (Massachusetts, in this case) had the effect of rallying all the colonies to their side. »