Others, more powerful than myself, are concerned in this affair, and will know how to punish treachery.
The youth then sacrificed the ox to Zeus, with which he gave a feast to his companions: at this he stated how he had been pleased with his lover; and he had complete liberty by law to punish any insult or disgraceful treatment.
The orator Lycurgus(1060) ascribes to the ancient legislators in general the principle of the laws of Draco, to punish all actions with the same severity, whether the evil which they caused was great or small.
Less credulous than me, my father suspected him to be one of those heads of the robber leagues infesting the suburbs of Rome, who have absolute authority to reward, punish and share.
You can do what I could not; if there be any imposture you can discover it, and somehow we will punish her.
Were I to defy heaven, which need but comprise me as one atom in the myriads slain by an earthquake or pestilence, but which takes no pains to punish me, why should weak men like myself undertake to punish me?
For the first time I will punish you so severely that you will weep all the tears in your body; and for the second I will strike you pitilessly that you will pour forth all the blood in your veins.
Thus we lost two brave Men at once, to the great Trouble of the Captain, who thereupon made an Oath that he would punish the first of his Men that he saw in Liquor in such a Manner as to make him remember it.
To me it seems intolerable, and if this same God was the least concern'd for his own Honour, he would not fail to punish your Arrogance with Severity.
Its charter retained many of the aspects of the medieval trade guild: power to purchase lands, to sue and be sued, to make by-laws, and to punishoffenders by fine or imprisonment.
Also, husbands are not allowed to punish and beat their wives as before.
These laws shall now be enforced: If a town does notpunish the murderer of a man murdered in the town, the town shall be punished.
Also he might inform on his companions to get the reward for informing or to punish a troublesome one.
They could still punish heresy, but lost jurisdiction over the law of libel and slander, which then were transformed by the civil courts, and over prostitution and scandalous lewdness.
For this reason, he was allowed to chastise her, restrain her liberty for gross misbehavior, and punish her by beating for some misdemeanors.
Indeed it long been the practice to sequester their lands, punish them for going to mass, fine them for not attending the established church, banish their priests, and imprison those who aided priests.
And that she who had not hesitated to elope--to punish him for his neglect of her--would not hesitate to punish him for worse than neglect.
And if not, sir, it is not I who will punish her, but the law!
This Government looks with the greatest satisfaction upon every evidence of strength in the national authority of Mexico, and upon every effort put forth to prevent or to punish incursions upon our territory.
In the meanwhile it becomes the duty of the executive and judicial departments of the Government, each in its province, to inquire into and punish violations of the laws of the United States which have occurred.
Assurances have been received that the authorities at the seat of the Mexican Government have both the disposition and the power to prevent and punish such unlawful invasions and depredations.
Therefore will God punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the men and the women who join gods with God; but to the believing men and women will God turn him: for God is Indulgent, Merciful!
On that day none shall punish as God punisheth, And none shall bind with such bonds as He.
God will not punishyou for a mistake in your oaths: but He will punish you for that which your hearts have done.
Would ye furnish God with clear right to punish you?
Should God punish men for their perverse doings, he would not leave on earth a moving thing!
Let not their riches or their children astonish thee: through these God is fain only to punish them in this world, and that their souls should depart while they are still infidels.
God will not punish you for a mistaken word in your oaths: but he will punish you in regard to an oath taken seriously.
And when they come to thee, they greet thee not as God greeteth thee:3 and they say among themselves, "Why doth not God punish us for what we say?
Warn thou then; for thou art a warner only: Thou hast no authority over them: But whoever shall turn back and disbelieve, God shall punish him with the greater punishment.
Abubekr had been desirous to punish one of his relatives, Mestah, who had propagated the scandal against Ayesha, by refusing him gifts or alms.
God hath sent down to thee; and if they turn back, then know thou that for some of their crimes doth God choose to punish them: for truly most men are perverse.
We will punish those who foster divisions,20 Who break up the Koran into parts: By thy Lord!
God wished to punish you for your bad life and has therefore killed Esteban, and is slowly killing me.
And the doctor spoke in English and with so much vehemence about England's evil deeds against Spain that the impressionable sailor ended by saying spontaneously: "May God punish her!
You may not have to be the best to win the public--but you maun be sincere, or it will punish you.
She made Jock own that his Serpentine plans had been unjustifiable, and then she added, "My poor boy, I must punish you.
And so you punish me," sighed Barbara, more annoyed than penitent.
Can't you instruct your cubs not to punish the door so severely, Jock?
Pray inform me how it lies in my power to punish you.
He left me with child, and I bore a girl which he took away from me years ago, no doubt to punish me for having so far forgotten myself as to love a mortal after him.
The aim of the court is not to punish the offender for a particular offense, but to weigh all the circumstances which have influenced his life, and to correct his wrong tendencies.
Each house of Congress has the right to determine its own rule of practice, punish members for disorderly conduct, and, by a two-thirds vote, expel a member.
To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and offences against the law of nations; 11.
The purpose of criminal law is to punish those who have committed public wrongs, i.
But Congress has the power to create diplomatic and consular posts, as well as "to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations.
Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
He did not go out of his way to punish personal attacks on himself.
David was very wroth, but he loved his firstborn, and could not permit himself to punish him.
David was disturbed at this, feeling some insecurity in dealing with a Deity who had thus seemed to punish one of His worshippers for a well-meant and respectful act.
Adair started to bowl with the feeling that this was somebody who had more than a little knowledge of how to deal with good bowling and punish bad.
McLoughlin was anxious "to find that rascal out to punish him as an example to deter others.
Had the United States sent troops to punish the Indians in the disputed Oregon Country, it would have almost certainly precipitated a war with Great Britain.
Anxiety of the Athenians to detect and punish the conspirators—rewards offered for information.
He durst not pardon him; he must punish the murderer according to the law.
In vain had the burghers applied to the officers of these ungovernable outlaws and besought them to restrain the soldiery from outrages, to confine them to their quarters, and to punish them for their thefts and robberies.
I have not the power to expel you, and to punish you before all the world as you deserve.
Take care, take care, Electoral Prince Frederick William, that you share not the fate of Don Carlos, and that your father punish you not as King Philip did his son!
I am a poor mother, and much to be pitied, for in vain have I hoped that my son would assist me to avenge the misfortunes of my house, and punish and bring my enemies to account!
God will punish your crime by means of this hand, which you once bribed to commit a murderous deed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "punish" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
