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

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As a result, Homer is forced to give up half his salary as his punishment for stealing Bart's money. - Barting Over
The wishes are granted but always with hellish consequences, as punishment for tampering with fate. - The Monkey's Paw
She is eventually claimed by Aunt Sarah, who chains her in the backyard as punishment for running away. - Lady and the Tramp
They find Shitou being beaten for allowing their escape, and Douzi accepts his punishment as Master Guan beats him mercilessly. - Farewell My Concubine (film)
The only way to get out of the valley and avoid capital punishment is for Huey, Dewey and Louie to produce square bubbles. - Lost in the Andes!
He is given a minor map-making command as punishment for refusing the greater post. - Napoléon (1927 film)
When his successor voluntarily steps down as punishment for a daring experiment that goes wrong, Veter returns to the position. - Andromeda (novel)
Jane is not happy with the proposed marriage, and must be forced into it through corporal punishment by her parents. - Lady Jane (1986 film)
The Abbé has the Marquis' tongue cut out as punishment for his involvement, but is riddled with remorse and physically punishes himself. - Quills
When he awakes he discovers that he has been turned into a pig, and believes this to be a divine punishment for fleeing from the fight. - Porco Rosso
As punishment for the cowboys, Little Bill allows them to pay compensation to the brothel owner, Skinny Dubois. - Unforgiven
Nolan uses corporal punishment to coerce Charlie into revealing who else is in the Dead Poets Society, but he resists. - Dead Poets Society
Spud goes to prison, but Renton avoids punishment by entering a drug interventions programme, where he is given methadone. - Trainspotting (film)
Isabel’s only punishment will be that she will never get Larry, who has decided to return to America and live as a common working man. - The Razor's Edge
That evening, the officers are placed in a punishment hut, while Nicholson is locked in an iron box. - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Bernard and Helmholtz are told they are to be exiled to islands, seen by society at large as a punishment for antisocial activity. - Brave New World

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