How to Use penalize in a Sentence
penalize
verb- The hockey player was penalized for holding.
- The company was penalized for not paying taxes.
- This law would unfairly penalize immigrants.
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The Rams were penalized twice on the play when Hunter got hit.
— Julianne McShane, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023 -
Even if a player isn’t penalized, he could still be fined by the league.
— Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024 -
The 49ers were penalized six times for 83 yards, Green Bay only once for five yards.
— Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024 -
When the music is not perfect, the show gets penalized.
— Billboard Italy, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023 -
The bill would not penalize women who take or obtain the pills.
— David W. Chen, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023 -
That led the board to penalize Posey with a 60-day suspension.
— Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 5 Jan. 2022 -
Failure to report could be penalized by up to 14 years in prison.
— Kanis Leung, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2024 -
These men teach you not to be kind, not to trust people or let your guard down—and then you're penalized for not being nice.
— TIME, 7 May 2024 -
Or penalize rather than reward kickers who just kick it through the end zone?
— Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022 -
After a 3-yard gain by Presley Fant, Boaz was penalized for clipping, moving the ball back to the 18.
— al, 9 Sep. 2023 -
Mapu was penalized for the hit and Waddle did not return before the game was over . . .
— Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023 -
The Rams were penalized for having 12 men on the field near the conclusion of the Steelers’ game-winning scoring drive.
— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023 -
And my deepest hope is that my actions don’t penalize my team.
— Randi Richardson, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2022 -
Young said customers who were unable to make a payment due to the outage will not be penalized.
— Yasmeen Saadi, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2024 -
The school had been severely penalized twice in a decade by the NCAA for rules violations.
— Brian O'Keefe, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Dustin Johnson, with a one-shot lead playing the final hole at Whistling Straits, is penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023 -
The people on this team have done some of the best work of their entire careers, and my deepest hope is that my actions don’t penalize my team.
— Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2022 -
There are plenty of ways that people get penalized for not paying their bills.
— Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 11 June 2024 -
So why would anyone penalize him for what has transpired since?
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 -
As of now, there is no word on if Tiafoe will be penalized due to his behavior toward Pinoargote.
— Danielle Jennings, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024 -
This attempt to penalize an athlete for using their voice must be stopped.
— Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2022 -
Anger among the rank-and-file about staffing levels and scheduling rules that could penalize them and cost them pay for for taking a sick day had been building for year.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022 -
And would that penalize any American players who would be left off that team but were All-Star worthy?
— Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022 -
Meanwhile, last year Illinois became the first state to pass a law penalizing libraries that ban books.
— Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024 -
That’s because there’s a person or persons who sit in judgment and are in a position to penalize the guilty party.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022 -
One play after he was penalized for roughing the passer, Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby delivered a crunching hit on a first-quarter sack.
— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 -
Additionally, employers may deduct the time lost from pay, but they are not allowed to discipline or penalize employees for the absence.
— Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2024
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