How to use "punish" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "punish" in popular movie and book plots

  • Xilien guards confront the astronauts and bring them back to the Controller, who reprimands but does not punish them.  - Invasion of Astro-Monster
  • His father decides to punish him for his behavior by making him train harder in martial arts.  - Drunken Master
  • Vera blames her for seducing her husband and decides to punish Grace by destroying the figurines.  - Dogville
  • Mombi tells Tip that she intends to transform him into a marble statue to punish him for his mischievous ways.  - The Marvelous Land of Oz
  • They negotiate a Muslim retreat, and Baldwin swears to punish Raynald, though the exertion of these events weakens him.  - Kingdom of Heaven (film)
  • This leads Ben to punish him and take away his allowance.  - Problem Child (film)
  • Bruno responds by threatening to punish Guy for betraying him.  - Strangers on a Train (film)
  • Although the two men have left, she still rouses the villagers to try to hunt the two men down and punish them.  - Fanny Hill
  • Since there is no one left to punish her, she must punish herself—she must live alone in the old house with the ghosts of her ancestors.  - Mourning Becomes Electra
  • The doctors punish Prior for being gone from Craiglockhart for too long, confining him there for two weeks.  - Regeneration (novel)
  • Arha finds him in the labyrinth, and traps him underground to punish what she sees as sacrilege.  - The Tombs of Atuan
  • Louise reveals that her father amputated Drake's legs unnecessarily, because he hated Drake and thought it was his duty to punish wickedness.  - Kings Row
  • Harriet regularly spies on them through a back fence and concocts vengeful ways to punish them.  - Harriet the Spy
  • In a jealous huff, Mary decides not to sing that night in order to punish Giulio.  - One Night of Love
  • The King resolves to punish Tuptim, though she denies she and Lun Tha were lovers.  - The King and I
  • Oberon seeks to punish Titania's disobedience.  - A Midsummer Night's Dream

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