7 sentences with 'punish'

Example sentences and phrases with the word punish and other words derived from it.

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« Rakhmanin waved his index finger under the lieutenant colonel's nose, and warned him that he had better not punish the prisoners for what they had said. »
« He then calmly said that the officials present would punish those who had spoken to us. Then, turning to us, he added: "It is a comfort to my soul that you are here". »
« One method (amusing, in historical retrospect) that kings used to punish unruly vassals was simply to visit and feed them away from home and hearth - traditions of hospitality required vassals to welcome, feed and entertain their king for as long as he felt like staying. »
« However, it was during his reign that modernity finally caught up with Russia. The Russian state was able to control the press and punish dissent in the early years of the 20th century, but then events outside its immediate control undermined its ability to exercise complete control over Russian society. »
« Once it was agreed to place Louis XVIII, the younger brother of the executed Louis XVI, on the throne of France, the powers that had defeated Napoleon had the good sense to see that it would be illogical to punish the French (not least because the French might choose to have another revolution in response). »
« However, Rome did not punish the cities after it had defeated them. Instead, it offered them citizenship in its republic (albeit without voting rights) in exchange for pledges of loyalty and troops during the war, a very important precedent because it meant that with each victory, Rome could potentially expand its military might. »
« From the time we are very young, we have experiences that teach us what it means to command and obey, we learn to listen if we are listened to, to express our opinions and to justify them if we grow up in a climate of freedom, to respect others if we are respected, to tolerate or repress according to our own experiences, to condemn and to punish. »

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