How to Use "punishing" with Example Sentences

1. I hope you are not punishing yourself for this .
2. Others claim federal officials fear that punishing the banks too much will undermine the fragile economic recovery .
3. State media said sarft was punishing the broadcaster because the show had frequently over-run its time slot .
4. That could lead to a punishing dollar crisis .
5. Democrats , meanwhile , can now declare that republicans are punishing poor families and grandmothers .