The king imposed a punishing tax.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : The storm was accompanied by punishing winds.    From Dictionary.com. 

One is in punishing perpetrators and one is in preventing recurrence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Financial Crisis and Causation] Reference

I do not believe in punishing wealthy, but reward those that contribute to the whole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Perriello Blasts GOP Leaders In Washington For Refusing To Completely Denounce Harassment Of Democrats] Reference

Look, I am not interested in punishing banks, I'm interested in protecting our economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Open Thread (Blog for Democracy)] Reference

He is the rod and staff of Mine anger (My instrument in punishing, Jer 51: 20; Ps 17: 13).    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Teens can be annoying, but did CVS cross the line in punishing all for the bad actions of a few?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CVS Doesn't Like Kids - The Consumerist] Reference

Newton threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 64 yards, most in short, punishing bites.    From Wordnik.com.  [AUBURN WINS!] Reference

It also recommends that Denmark take a more proactive approach in punishing members of such organisations.    From Wordnik.com.  [European Union] Reference

Let there be no leniency in punishing those who are responsible for taking the lives of these innocent people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Niger Delta Militants Deny Involvement in Nigeria Bombing] Reference

My nomination for most punishing is the Symphony No. 3 in D minor by Gustav Mahler, written between 1893 and 1896.    From Wordnik.com.  [Classical music used to punish school children « Anglican Samizdat] Reference

Lord -- a frequent effect of feasting (Job 1: 5; Ps 28: 5). work ... operation -- in punishing the guilty (Isa 5: 19; Isa 10: 12).    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Once again punishing those Americans who did right actions (lived beneath their means) while benefiting those who lived above their means.    From Wordnik.com.  [“I am in a funk right now about the direction America is going” « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy] Reference

First, the government has a long arm and a bad history in punishing speech crimes, and secondly it denies the public the right of rebuttal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game] Reference

He was known as a punishing tackler, despite his size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hog Blogs] Reference

While many back the idea of punishing the rogue nation, Open Doors USA President Carl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Christian Post RSS Feed] Reference

"If two people do the same thing and they let one go without punishing, that is not justice.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale] Reference

Lynching was instituted some years ago with the idea of punishing and checking outrage upon women.    From Wordnik.com.  [M. L. Latta (Morgan London), b. 1853. The History of My Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D.] Reference

Adolphe manages the joke so cleverly that he inspires his wife with the idea of punishing Ferdinand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analytical Studies] Reference

Stephens was known as a punishing runner, more likely to bowl over a tackler than try to run around them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference

Congress is toying with the idea of punishing oil companies by confiscating their “windfall profits”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Trough Leader] Reference

Lynching was instituted some years ago with the idea of punishing and checking criminal assaults upon women.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Future of the American Negro] Reference

“other methods and devices favored for centuries by the religious and the right in punishing heretics” ?!?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Street Preacher Arrested in England for Public Statements That Homosexuality is a Sin] Reference

Wasn't it Obama who first floated the idea of punishing the people who were going to come in and clean up the mess?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress] Reference

What’s the point in punishing someone for doing something when there is really no free agent there who “did” that thing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of Faith] Reference

I know you like the idea of punishing the wealthy for your failure to become one of them, but do try, for once, to think Goldy.    From Wordnik.com.  [HorsesAss.Org] Reference

China -- which, as a permanent council member, can veto the move -- has traditionally been cool to the idea of punishing Iran further.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

And as I mentioned, intermittent kind of punishing winds and rain.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference

It's unclear what Paul meant by warning against "punishing" the rich.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rand Paul's solution to unemployment and drugs: Rich people?] Reference