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punishingly

[ US /ˈpənɪʃɪŋɫi/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌnɪʃɪŋli/ ]
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  1. in a punishing manner

How To Use punishingly In A Sentence

  • Infrastructure improvements are punishingly expensive and desperately needed in a place where, for instance, people travel by boat or plane because there are no roads connecting towns.
  • In one respect, anti-inflationary conditions are already punishingly tight. Times, Sunday Times
  • Punishingly high gasoline prices have come down, potentially damping the public's willingness to embrace alternative - fuel vehicles.
  • Evenings are cool, and it's misty at daybreak, but by midday the sun can still be punishingly hot.
  • Punishingly high gasoline prices have come down, potentially damping the public's willingness to embrace alternative - fuel vehicles.
  • Punishingly high gasoline prices have come down, potentially damping the public's willingness to embrace alternative - fuel vehicles.
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