In fact the priest declared that any woman who refused would be severely penalized.

Extreme aggression or shyness is severely penalized in the breed standard.

You will be severely penalized if you choose wrong.

The civil cases touched virtually every national news organization, including lesser newspapers favorable to the government, but they were not severely penalized.

Although severely penalized, they refused to subscribe to the government until it had received royal sanction.

When the market drops sharply, as in October 1987, investors who cannot wait to recoup their losses are severely penalized.

What most employers do know, they say, is that the law will severely penalize them if they hire illegal aliens.

But they were not always severely penalized.

Children are over-scheduled with activities and penalized severely if they do not attend football practices or dance classes for any reason, even doctors' appointments.

The companies also knew that plants using older technologies and producing heavy emissions could be severely penalized if Congress ever chose to regulate carbon dioxide.