The sentence properly reflected the will of Congress, the court said, and was not cruel or unusual punishment.

"However, gradually we were able to piece it all together and today's sentence reflects the seriousness with which the courts take this kind of behaviour."

"His sentence did not reflect upon his sacred office as priest and bishop."

If the sentence formally reflects one mood, but it actually refers to a different idea, the punctuation mark is selected based on the actual meaning.

We believe that the maximum sentence for such a crime should reflect its gravity.

To critics, though, including much of the world abroad, that last sentence also reflects a frightening arrogance.

Marcus Dixon knows that his sentence reflects society's view that he is beyond redemption.

But if they send out a memo with grammatical errors or incomplete sentences it reflects on them.

Their sentence should therefore have reflected the sentencing guidelines in place at the time in which they were eventually handed down.

Judge Trager found that it had, and his sentence reflected that.