So far from being discouraged by defeats, the unjust treatment meted out to the young men should redouble the efforts of others of their class to conquer this new Bastile by storm.
So far from being discouraged by defeats, the unjust treatment meted out to these young men should redouble the efforts of others of their class to carry this new Bastile by storm.
What sort of justice is that which can be meted out to one without allowing him to defend himself, and even denying him the privilege of calling his evidence?
Last night, a lot of German civil officials were sitting at a table near by and holding forth in loud tones on the punishment that should be meted out to people who had forbidden newspapers in their possession.
The people of the town were getting excited over the treatment that was being meted out to their priests, and it was in a fair way to result in serious trouble.
But the suffering divines found peace in knowing that Christ himself would inflict the punishment upon these abandoned men which the priests would have meted out with holy joy had they still possessed the power.
Though it was impossible that retribution should be meted out to him for his crimes, at least he did not escape unscathed, for Calef and the Brattles, who had long been on his father's track and his, now seized him by the throat.
However, the punishment he deserved was not metedout to him.
The Indians now are more like the poor birds people put in cages---" Her eyes gleamed and her face grew eloquent with expression as she thought of the gross injustice meted out to some of the red men in this land of the free.
But if dissident priests were occasionally maltreated, the treatment meted out by these priests to their opponents was infinitely worse.
And as for justice--well, that was what was meted out to you.
Why had he resumed hope, why had he struggled on his way to Berlin, since this fate awaited him, this reception was to be meted him?
She was so mortified by the injustice meted out to her that she almost accepted de la Vere's partnership on the spur of the moment.
He disliked the notion; but he saw no way out of it, unless indeed Helen treated him with the chilling abruptness she meted out to other men in the hotel who tried to become friendly with her.
But he, surely, is ignorant of the cruel punishments which are meted out to poor Reformers.
Helen never went on to the moor without finding him in wait for her, and always she went as to some unworthy tryst, despising herself for the appeasement she meted out to him, daring to do nothing else.
But her life had mental complications, for she dreaded in Zebedee the disloyalty which she reluctantly meted out to him when George had her in his arms.
Over a thousand were slaughtered in St. Peter's Church to which they had fled for refuge, and special vengeance was meted out to the clergy, none of them who were recognised being spared.
Following closely the context, we discover that similar reproofs were meted out to most of the branches of the Church in Asia, because they were departing from the truth.
Our works in this life are known to God, and our rewards and punishments are meted out according to the deeds done in the body.
Moreover, in the end, we of the democracy not only overthrew the evil-doer who oppressed us, but also put him in prison; and in the long run we have usually meted out the same justice to our lesser criminals.
The German commander at first was furious with anger and threatened Ghent with the same punishment he had meted out to the other places where Germans were fired on.
This is just an example of how justice was meted out in the army of volunteers.
Surely in the case of each one of the protagonists in Sophocles, to employ the word in its non-technical sense, their deserts are very exactly meted out.
The measure which he metedhas been by others in their turn meted to him.
Rarely, after all, does the corps err in its judgment when Coventry or the silence is meted out.
Any further punishment that is to be meted out to you will be published in orders at dress parade this afternoon.
Our courts are as open to him as to anyone, and whether he be plaintiff or defendant, the same even-handed justice is meted out to him.
The officers were notified, the thief secured and justice meted to him, and I escaped the bullet.
Thus shalt thou free thyself from the pitiless doom meted out by the gods.
In full measure had the avenging goddess meted out to Narcissus the restless longing of unsatisfied love.
Very soon the goddess would return, and Psyche dared not think what would be the punishment meted out to her.
Angrily, too, and very rebelliously did he speak of the punishment meted to his son by the ruler of the Immortals.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
