How to Use penalize in a Sentence

penalize

verb
Definition of penalizenext
Synonyms for penalizenext
  • The hockey player was penalized for holding.
  • The company was penalized for not paying taxes.
  • This law would unfairly penalize immigrants.
  • The Rams were penalized twice on the play when Hunter got hit.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Failure to report could be penalized by up to 14 years in prison.
    — Kanis Leung, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, last year Illinois became the first state to pass a law penalizing libraries that ban books.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Truelove protests and asks why he’s being penalized for being proactive in his efforts to get housed.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Employees need to know they won’t be penalized to feel safe talking about their mental health.
    — Becky Bailey, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Instead of penalizing riding, the city should ask itself how to engage kids.
    — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2023
  • So those who need access to credit more have the tendency to be penalized with this aspect of credit scoring.
    — Paco De Leon, refinery29.com, 20 July 2023
  • These withdrawals won’t be penalized, but they also can’t be delayed.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • In the Chiefs’ regular-season loss to the Buffalo Bills, Toney was penalized for lining up offside.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Trump, who faces the prospect of four criminal trials this campaign year, has been penalized more than a half a billion dollars in civil judgments against him over the past month.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Lightford lamented that some school districts have found ways to get around the 2015 law, which did not penalize school districts for noncompliance.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The city penalizes feeding pigeons, littering and surfing in its canals.
    — Andrew Jeong, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023
  • The Assembly bills would create the crime of retail theft with intent to sell, which aims to penalize groups of thieves stealing merchandise and selling it online.
    — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The Knicks were penalized a second-round draft pick in 2025 for beginning free agent discussions with Brunson before the league allowed.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Metcalf wasn’t penalized for the hit, but he was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct – taunting - on the play during the game.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • In Oklahoma, our tax code has penalized work and investment for more than a century.
    — Jonathan Small, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Two Canadian firms were penalized for late filings in 2013.
    — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • According to Booth's letter, the holdup with GM lies in an accounting rule that may penalize the pension fund if too many people retire at once.
    — Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Retirees who have yet to make their first mandatory retirement plan withdrawal have until the end of April 1 to do so and avoid being penalized.
    — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2023
  • As an English soccer star, Gary Lineker was renowned for never having been penalized with a yellow or red card in his 16-year career.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023

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