punish
verb (used with object)
to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault.
will be punishing
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future progressiveof punish.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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For teams in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, whose players have typically begun a six-week summer break by now, the additional work load will be punishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
Half those games will be at home and only two are against teams that have winning records, but playing every four days will be punishing no matter where they are or who they are against.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
While the fight against Chandler will be punishing on his body, Hooker will have another challenge immediately afterward, as he faces a six-week quarantine upon return to his native New Zealand.
From Fox News ● Jan. 21, 2021
If business solutions are architected and engineered poorly the cost and quality will be punishing.
From Forbes ● Jul. 7, 2014
That will be punishing myselfe, though, insteade of Gunnel.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
