yellow card

noun

soccer

: a yellow card that a referee holds in the air to indicate that a player has broken the rules of the game and is being officially warned

Examples of yellow card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the 35th minute, Lake Creek’s Julz DeWolf was called for a foul on Hope Harvill and given a yellow card. —Charles Baggarly & Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026

Christopher McVey was shown his second yellow card in the 46th minute and San Diego play a man down the rest of the way. —ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026

When referee Istvan Kovacs first showed a yellow card, Atletico figures, including coach Diego Simeone, complained loudly that Cubarsi was the last defender and had to be sent off. —Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Eighty minutes in, yellow card already in his pocket and a one-game suspension already looming, Wilfried Zaha collected a Pep Biel pass in stride and buried it into the far corner. —Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for yellow card

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard