One might have expected the government to do something for the relief of a population suffering from such poverty as this, but, instead of aiding the sufferers, it punished the persons who called attention to the distress.
Failure to acquiesce in this, or any attempt to foster the policies of the late government, would be considered seditious, and would be punished by death.
False returns, false swearing, or any subterfuge to defraud the Government, was to bepunished by not less than six months or more than two years in prison.
He has punished the conspirators, so far as lay in his power.
Perhaps she, too, might have been dragged into the investigation, punished as a criminal, though she was innocent.
He simply imprisoned him and punished him only by compelling him to witness the execution.
She thinks Mr. Tibbets quite in the right; and thinks the gipsies deserve to be punished severely, for meddling with the sheep of the Tibbets's.
He maintained that no man should be punished without a hearing.
Davis and his companion were ordered to stop their rioting, as Dougherty was badly punished and at this time upon his back.
Nonpayment of the tax was punished by exclusion from office.
Of his zeal for the common good he gave proof in 1466, for he punished only where it was necessary, and would have proceeded still more cautiously had not many of his partizans urged him on.
Renato de’ Pazzi, a quiet man devoted to study, and who had declined all share in it, was punished by death because he had not disclosed the conspiracy.
Offences known to the law should be punished by the law, and by the law alone; offences which the law cannot touch should entail no punishment on an adult at the hands of a private individual.
May heaven have pity on him, for it has punished him with a life of misery.
Come with me, my friend, and thou shalt see how pride is punished with shame, and injustice with humiliation.
I forgot thee once; and besides the pang of contrition for that act, heaven punished me with a grief, that I should not have known, had I remained by thy side.
Uncle Fred knew; that's why he wouldn't let Fayette be arrested or punished for assaulting you.
It's your business to have it maintained; and if you don't, I'll have you punished as accessory to the deed.
Will the villains ever be discovered and punished who stole my fruit?
Just picture to yourself everybody who does wrong being found out, and punished accordingly.
To fancy all men found out and punished is bad enough; but imagine all women found out in the distinguished social circle in which you and I have the honor to move.
Ah me, what would life be if we were all found out, and punished for all our faults?
Ought Mr. Sayers to be honored for being brave, orpunished for being naughty?
They will be annoyed to have been punished for nothing.
He protected our homes, and whoever injured an Israelite was punished as if he had offended a Christian.
Driven by their sufferings to cling to religion as a support, men thought of it more seriously; and a cry went up that earth was being punished for its neglect and insult of the ancient gods.
It expelled cruelty; it curbed passion; it branded suicide; it punished and repressed an execrable infanticide; it drove the shameless impurities of heathendom into a congenial darkness.
Yet no one of these persons was punished at all for the licentiousness of his tongue or of his pen.
The Greeks indeed, who approved of the Nicene Council, oppressed and also punished them wherever they were able; but the Arians returned the like treatment, especially in Africa and Italy.
Hence, to suppress the rumor, he falsely charged with the guilt and punished with the most exquisite tortures the persons commonly called Christians, who were hated for their enormities.
Aurelian's murderers are punished by Tacitus; he dies while leading an expedition against the Goths, who had invaded Asia.
Josephus soon recovered of his wound and came out and cried out aloud, that it would not be long ere they should be punished for this wound they had given him.
Nero snatched his despatches out of his hand and read that the senate had decided that he should be punished in the ancestral fashion as a public enemy.
What have I done to be punished with so heartless a child?
Any person being armed with a dangerous weapon who shall assault another with intent to rob or murder shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than fifteen years nor less than one year.
By this time Dick had punished the younger Greek in a manner that led him to take to his heels in the effort to escape.
The elder man grew impatient and again demanded possession of the girl, asserting that the boys would be punished for interfering, as he was the one who had sole authority over her.
Budthorne is rich, and those concerned in any harm to him cannot fail to be punished severely.
If you had not then punished him severely, you could never have expected him to be tender-mouthed.
He then found out what he was punished for, squatted down accordingly, and never afterwards attempted to rush forward, unless he was over-fresh.
The law which thus punished him, was afterwards repealed.
Necromancy, sorcery and witchcraft were punished here; and "royal solemnities and goodly jousts were held here.
As for the latter, he was at least sufficiently punished in loss of money and personal humiliation for his escapade.
Punished by an avenger of the tortoise,' That seems odd.
A resolution was come to at the same time, that any attempt at seizing the supremacy against the popular will should bepunished with death.
Though Hildebrand had died a refugee, it was remarked with pious awe that Henry the Fourth, his rival and opponent, was punished in a manner which showed the highest displeasure of Heaven.
The followers of the Prince were punished as traitors; but treason means rebellion against an acknowledged government, which extends to its subjects the securities of law.
I am unhappy, I am justly punishedfor my mad presumption, my stupidity.
It will not be the first time this house has stood a siege; a dozen English pirates attacked it two years ago, but with my slaves and the aid of an official from Cabesterre, who was accidentally at my house, we punished the heretics severely.
If this be true, how is it that the law has not punished such crimes?
This stupid joke was to be fatally punished in Croustillac, who followed his guide with renewed ardor, for was he not going to see Blue Beard?
So, when I say to De Chemerant, that it is my desire that you be not punished for a trait which does you honor, I do not doubt that De Chemerant will be eager to please me and put you at liberty.
She believed us; she put us out as quickly as possible, and she committed suicide rather than be punished by her employers.
Let the Wizard tell them they will be punished if they refuse to obey the commands of the Princess of all the Land of Oz.
No, but one of the Flatheads thought he wanted to be the Su-dic and tried to get my people to rebel against me, so I punished him by taking away his brains.
He is sure now that the boys will never be seriously punished and has promised me not to arrest them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "punished" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
