How to Use unpunished in a Sentence

unpunished

adjective
  • No good deed goes unpunished in a breakneck movie that will not let up.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
  • One of its own was killed by a white gang, a murder that has gone unpunished.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But what kind of coach lets a star player linked to murder go unpunished?
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Talk about no good deed going unpunished.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Those who abuse power would go unpunished.
    — The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Coupled with that was a cold-eyed ethos of leaving no slight unpunished.
    — www.latimes.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • So many fouls have gone unpunished at corner kicks this season.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • But about 60% of the onboard crimes have gone unpunished, the study found.
    — Hugo Martin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Its hero is keenly aware of the unpunished crimes committed by his own precinct.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 May 2021
  • Austin Butler is learning the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished.
    — Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 21 May 2025
  • Even a below-par French team would not let those numbers go unpunished.
    — Daniel Gallan, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
  • No matter what this judge did or said, some reckless conduct would go unpunished.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • Those horrors, along with other racial crimes, will not go unpunished, Cheeks said.
    — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 23 June 2020
  • It cannot be allowed to continue; it cannot be allowed to go unpunished.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 5 June 2022
  • The key question is whether fraud is widespread, systemic or goes unpunished.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The key question is whether fraud is widespread, systemic or goes unpunished.
    — Alison Barkoff, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Rights groups say most similar killings in the region go unpunished.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • Could the mother’s abuser also be that of the daughter—still unpunished to this day?
    — Time, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And if that’s the case, this will be yet another unpunished case of racial terrorism.
    — Stefani Reynolds, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • The Wolf of God digs deep into how his misdeeds went unpunished for so long.
    — PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Most of the priests who committed these crimes are still alive, still unpunished, even promoted.
    — Mary Beth Keane, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2018
  • The coup that did not succeed in overturning the election goes unpunished.
    — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
  • Then, as now, the killer fashions himself as an avenger, bringing justice to those whose crimes have gone unpunished.
    — New York Times, 4 June 2018
  • The report noted that most of the abuses have remained unpunished.
    — Yuras Karmanau, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • My hope is that this next generation of founders can read it and not take away that bad behavior still goes away unpunished.
    — oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Prigg, who went unpunished along with his accomplices, became a sheriff.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That doesn’t mean the crimes will go unpunished—the cases will likely end up in state court and they’ll be managed locally.
    — Leon Neyfakh, Slate Magazine, 15 May 2017
  • Against a team as stout as Covington Catholic, these types of errors will rarely go unpunished.
    — Evan Merrill, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The world must not allow tyranny and dictatorship to go unpunished or endorsed in the new year.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • For more than 35 years, her killing in coastal South Florida went unpunished.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2021

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