How to Use mete in a Sentence

mete

verb
  • Countries would be free to decide how to mete out the rights.
    — Bloomberg.com, 3 June 2019
  • Matt and Chris maintain the bot on their own server and mete out access to it.
    — Lauren Schwartzberg, WIRED, 25 May 2017
  • When the time comes, demons barrel onto Earth to mete out a grisly death sentence.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 27 Nov. 2021
  • So what standard was used in 1905 to mete out the punishment?
    — John Myers, latimes.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Yet the issue of how to mete out the research money has been hotly debated.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2021
  • The raging, swirling winds that struck Bowling Green did not mete out their damage evenly.
    — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Some even allow for their daughters to mete out physical punishments.
    — Anna North, Vox, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Her job is to deliver pep talks and mete out discipline, but Krystal is not really the boss.
    — A. O. Scott, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2016
  • The high profile nature of the case is likely to create pressure on the judge to mete out a harsh sentence, attorneys said.
    — Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Minorities, on the other hand, appear frightened at the treatment such a government might mete out to them.
    — The Economist, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Batman and Superman were not the only superheroes to mete out vengeance during the war years.
    — Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The Academy, meanwhile, is still trying to figure out what punishment, if any, to mete out.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 29 Mar. 2022
  • But that doesn’t mean the court’s conservative majority might not mete out some substantial harm.
    — Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Lynne said that Jamie uses that information to mete out punishments and rewards.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The Bias Response Team is there, ready to investigate and mete out justice.
    — Jillian Kay Melchior, WSJ, 8 May 2018
  • In Arlington, months of debate have centered on whether the civilian board should be able to launch its own probes or mete out discipline.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • There's obviously something cathartic about seeing these victims turn the tables and unite to mete out justice.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Most are settled at this table by the judges, who often mete out small fines, which the defendants pay to victims and camp administrators.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Throw a jar of icing in the fridge to mete out with impunity and BOOM — instant cake craving fix.
    — Danielle Guercio, The Seattle Times, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The detective eventually teams up with the mother of the most recent victim to mete out justice the law seems unable to provide.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Jan. 2023
  • As Avatar, she's taken it upon herself to mete out justice to criminals, which leads to a reunion with a familiar face from the first book.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 May 2020
  • But troops can’t mete out justice, and Masalit leaders have rejected the government’s offers to mediate.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • On the latter, Pompeo has advocated more punitive actions than the president has been willing to mete out.
    — Karoun Demirjian, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Caine plays the London gangster of the title who seeks to mete out a little justice after his brother in Newcastle is killed.
    — Carmel Dagan, Variety, 20 Dec. 2022
  • As part of the agreement, a special court is supposed to uncover the truth about seven decades of rebel violence, mete out justice and compensate victims.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The power company started to mete out electricity again earlier this month, though in tiny increments — a few hours on one day, a few more on another.
    — New York Times, 21 Oct. 2019
  • This collaboration can help mete out a plan, determine who will be responsible for what, and what sub-teams might collaborate on which details.
    — Peter High, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Others invoked Bible verses and a higher power, with one warning the governing board that God would mete out justice in the afterlife.
    — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Isaac Stanley-Becker, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • And so, armed men who are trained to mete out physical punishment in the name of keeping the order are sent into situations that don’t require that level of intervention.
    — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 17 June 2020
  • Supporters of the board, to be appointed by the mayor and city council, say its ability to override the police chief and directly mete out punishment could be a game changer.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022

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