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Example sentences for "severe punishment"

  • In one part we see a rocky grotto, in which Diana was bathing when the unwary hunter made his appearance above: in the other he is torn by his own dogs, a severe punishment for an unintentional intrusion.

  • The several commanders in the fleet are to take special care, upon pain of severe punishment, that they fire not over any of their own ships.

  • Y: Let not those grieve thee who rush headlong into Unbelief: Not the least harm will they do to Allah: Allah's plan is that He will give them no portion in the Hereafter, but a severe punishment.

  • S: I will most certainly punish him with a severe punishment, or kill him, or he shall bring to me a clear plea.

  • Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation before Allah, and a severe punishment, for all their plots.

  • Y: Until We open on them a gate leading to a severe Punishment: then Lo!

  • A severe punishment, continued Cortes, ought to be inflicted in this instance, in order to deter other officers who were sent out to subdue other provinces from following Oli's example.

  • The whole of the crews were strictly enjoined to pay implicit obedience to their commanders; and any one who left his vessel was liable to severe punishment.

  • Our general followed this good advice, and ordered that no one henceforth should presume to dirty the walls with any beastly sayings, under threats of severe punishment.

  • All these persons were commanded under threats of severe punishment, to enter without delay upon the service of the brigantines.

  • But when they had forgotten the admonitions which had been given them, we delivered those who forbade them to do evil; and we inflicted on those who had transgressed a severe punishment, because they had acted wickedly.

  • He answered, Whosoever of them shall commit injustice, we will surely punish him in this world; afterwards shall he return unto his LORD, and he shall punish him with a severe punishment.

  • Verily they who love that scandal be published of those who believe, shall receive a severe punishment both in this world and in the next.

  • The offence of which this man was convicted, was attended by a fraudulent misrepresentation of his character, which we should have imagined would have made him a fit object of severe punishment.

  • He rejoiced at that, but at the same time he felt that it was his duty to visit the offence of the prisoners with a severe punishment.

  • Amongst these laws was one forbidding heathens, under penalty of severe punishment, to embrace Judaism, or even Christianity.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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