How to Use personal foul in a Sentence

personal foul

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• He was called for a bogus personal foul in the second quarter.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• Walker took a seat on the bench with his third personal foul with 3:06 left in the third.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Embiid was called for a personal foul and Whiteside, a technical.
  — Christy Cabrera Chirinos, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• He was whistled for a personal foul almost under the basket by Tony Brothers, who was on the opposite side of the court closer to half-court.
  — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• The low point was probably when Michigan’s Moritz Wagner was called for committing a personal foul with his chin.
  — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• That includes wiping personal fouls, late hits and other extracurricular infractions off the Ducks' rap sheet.
  — Ron Richmond For The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• With 55 seconds left, the Seawolves sliced the lead to eight points with three straight free throws following a personal foul and technical foul by Schilder.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
• The owners will also consider allowing personal fouls such as roughing the passer and hits on defenseless receivers to be subject to review.
  — Zach Berman, Philly.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• However, the Sixers were called for 22 personal fouls compared to 12 by the Hornets.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• That also put the Bruins in a 9-3 lead on the personal foul calls, prompting some wisecracks from the West Brook fans aimed at the referees.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2018
• Tilmon played 20 minutes against Georgia and committed just two personal fouls after fouling out of Missouri’s prior two games.
  — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 12 Jan. 2018
• Statistically speaking: Kentucky battled foul trouble for much of the game and was whistled for 23 personal fouls and two technicals.
  — Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2018
• The penalty was the Browns’ fifth personal foul of the game.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2019
• Matthews was called for a personal foul on a block that moved a first-and-goal from the 8 back to the 21.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
• And the personal foul on McGrone’s late hit moved the ball to the 2-yard line.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2019
• Allen was flagged for a personal foul late in the game.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
• Don't look to the streaming gods to call a personal foul on that one.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
• Grant Williams appeared to draw a fifth personal foul on the Greek Freak on a drive with 10:16 to go.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
• It was set up by a 22-yard pitch-and-catch from King to Mark Pope that had a personal foul tacked on to the end of it.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• He got flagged for a personal foul that moved back the extra point attempt, and the try failed.
  — Charles Hollis, al, 28 Nov. 2020
• Jones was called for a personal foul but it was offset on the play by holding by the Bills.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• Matthew Wilson ran for 5 yards and a personal foul penalty against the Cougars gave the Wildcats the ball on the 15-yard line.
  — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
• Kyzir White had a hold, then a nice sack, then missed a big tackle and had a dumb personal foul.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
• The Hawkeyes had seven personal fouls in the first quarter.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023
• But Darien Butler was called for a personal foul, giving the Utes a new set of downs.
  — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 19 Oct. 2019
• Taylor was called for a personal foul and then ejected from the game.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
• Asante Samuel had a stupid personal foul, but saved things with a late pick.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
• The Norseman aided South on the TD drive with a both a face mask and personal foul penalty.
  — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
• The Ravens handed the Chiefs an extra three points before halftime with a pair of personal fouls.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
• But the ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, and BC got nailed with a personal foul, giving the Crusaders the ball at midfield.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024