How to Use disqualification in a Sentence

disqualification

noun

• Rules dictate wrestlers have to make weight on the morning of both days of the two-day event and failure to do so results in instant disqualification.
  — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Mabe portrays the Musgraves disqualification as a dark hour for country music.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
• Richardson's disqualification from Tokyo sparked outrage over the summer, with many saying that her use of the substance should not have diminished her chance to compete.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2021
• The group was also challenging the disqualification of other signatures that were collected in person.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2021
• Jones was up on two of the three judges scorecards at the time of the disqualification.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• Japan finished fourth in the event and would have been among the medals but for the disqualification.
  — NBC News, 9 Feb. 2022
• But for the next 15 months, the man worked to get the town to reconsider the disqualification.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• Trump hasn’t run or won yet, so the question of his disqualification is arguably in the future.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
• Would the disqualification clause of the amendment not cover the top posts in the executive branch?
  — Steven Portnoy, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2023
• The move led to Tyson's disqualification and temporary ban from the sport.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
• Experts have said that an appeal for any of these disqualification cases could make its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• Even without the disqualification, the men's relay team would have finished in the second-to-last place.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
• There are bound to be big fights ahead about just how states should go about using their own disqualification powers.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Anything faster would be deemed a false start and a disqualification.
  — oregonlive, 18 July 2022
• The only option besides disqualification was to pick up her skis and poles and start toward the finish line on foot.
  — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2023
• Once the appeal is docketed, an order from the court on the disqualification issue can take up to six months.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 8 May 2024
• Being as popular as the person at the top of the ticket could be a disqualification.
  — Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
• Melanie Amato, a spokeswoman for the Ohio secretary of state, said the office was aware of the disqualification.
  — Emily Schmall, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• Greene is one of several politicians across the country who have faced challenges to their under the disqualification clause of the 14th Amendment.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 9 May 2022
• Though a disqualification is not the preferred way to win any race — particularly the Kentucky Derby — it’s part of the sport.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
• The header will attempt to rope the steer first through one of three legal catches—around both horns, around one horn and the head or around the neck—with any other type of catch resulting in disqualification.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 28 Feb. 2023
• The stewards ruled there wasn’t enough to warrant a disqualification.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2022
• Missed gates, jumps, or rings result in time deductions, while failing to cross the finish line with the skier still holding the rope is a disqualification.
  — Colin Clancy, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2022
• Hamilton's disqualification put Verstappen in pole for the 24-lap sprint race, which offers three points to the winner.
  — Mauricio Savarese, ajc, 13 Nov. 2021
• Hamlin's disqualification, which is the first of a Cup winner since 1960, made driver Chase Elliott the winner in Sunday's race.
  — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022
• Willis is facing her own disqualification motions in the Trump case.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• He was disappointed that not even judges were made aware of a disqualification.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 31 May 2023
• But the disqualification of any athlete from a medal-winning team — a regular occurrence in other Olympic sports — mean the loss of that athlete’s points.
  — New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• Lee also questioned each of the plaintiffs, as well as how they would be harmed, suggesting that each of them has a disqualification that would keep them from competing despite the ban.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
• Pattis has been sharply critical of her rulings and at one point asked for her disqualification.
  — Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024