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- adverb So as to
punish . - adverb In a way that is
tiring orexhausting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a punishing manner
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Examples
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Systematic Chaos, is comprised of the kind of punishingly complex, technically accomplished, and simply sprawling - which is to say, uncompromising - progressive rock that has endeared them to fans all over the world for over 20 years.
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Systematic Chaos, is comprised of the kind of punishingly complex, technically accomplished, and simply sprawling - which is to say, uncompromising - progressive rock that has endeared them to fans all over the world for over 20 years.
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I would also add, as a cause, from personal experience, "punishingly hard and long residency programs for people in basic internal medicine".
Primary Care Doctors vs. Specialists, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I was gratified to see evidence of a woman's actual body straining against the punishingly narrow toebox, with room for two or three toes, not five -- however horrifying the sight.
Leora Tanenbaum: Wear Comfortable Shoes! Long Lines at Met's McQueen Exhibit Leora Tanenbaum 2011
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Turns out it's a combination of imaginative babysitting there is almost always a sibling staying in the house to pitch in, and local parents club together, TV, punishingly early mornings and immense ambition.
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His immigrant grandparents worked punishingly long hours and gained wealth in their community.
Dr. Jane Aronson: The Death of a Mentor Dr. Jane Aronson 2011
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I'm sure Martin Luther King would be proud to have his name attached to the County with the highest sales tax on the West Coast, the second highest sales taxes in the nation, and a punishingly regressive tax structure on its poorest citizens.
Chamber Organizes Against City Tax Increase « PubliCola 2010
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The original production is remarkable for Harvey Keitel's performance as a corrupt and brutal cop in search of redemption; otherwise it's punishingly grim.
'Five': A Series Wakes Up at the Wheel Joe Morgenstern 2011
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But taste a few commercial varieties, with their cloying jelly studded with punishingly bitter citrus peel, and you'll be reaching for the Nutella or Skippy, too.
Citrus Comeback 2011
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But taste a few commercial varieties, with their cloying jelly studded with punishingly bitter citrus peel, and you'll be reaching for the Nutella or Skippy, too.
Citrus Comeback 2011
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