1.   Being bumped out of such a sinecure is cruel punishment.

2.   By persistently lobbying against cruel punishment, they have helped nudge technology and legislatures toward methods that more people find politically and socially tolerable.

3.   It meted out cruel punishments.

4.   Racks and thumbscrews, well known instruments for inflicting pain, were not in use because they were regarded as cruel punishments.

5.   Will they be able to run with the best of the SEC, or will these be long drives to further cruel punishment?

6.   He claimed that solitary confinement violates the constitutional ban on torture and cruel punishment.

7.   If this cruel punishment was intended to correct me, I would say the result is otherwise.

8.   The families, though, call it cruel collective punishment.

9.   The families, though, call it a cruel collective punishment.

10.   The policy has led to forced abortions, exorbitant fines and cruel punishments for violators to enforce government-set birth limits.