How to Use disciplinary in a Sentence

disciplinary

adjective
  • The committee is considering disciplinary measures against him.
  • To that end, the disciplinary tools available should be put to use.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Maybe the guards could wear some sort of disciplinary collars?
    Nick Romeo, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Many received short disciplinary stints and are now back in their roles.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The suit was aimed at stopping the disciplinary process.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
  • Turner added that the school had launched its own disciplinary process.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Not in a punitive or disciplinary way, though.
    Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • They will also be brought up on disciplinary charges, the statement said.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • There are no disciplinary or board actions against Burke on file, the records state.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But both men asked me about the recent disciplinary writeup.
    Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Smith said this was a typical disciplinary action that has worked in the past.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2022
  • The school district did not say if any disciplinary action will be taken.
    Caroline Silva, ajc, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The coachee often feels the coach is being hired as a disciplinary action.
    Chris Herndon, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Canning said Clark had no record of disciplinary issues in high school.
    ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • That story detailed how the board’s slow disciplinary process puts the public in harm’s way.
    Emily Hopkins, ProPublica, 16 May 2023
  • The formal charge was later dropped, and no disciplinary hearings were held.
    Alexis Timko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The core team has to be cross-functional and multi-disciplinary.
    Kimberly A. Whitler, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
  • It has not been released what the disciplinary actions entail.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Any disciplinary action will be handled by the schools and will be reviewed by league members.
    oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2022
  • This will tell you if the broker is licensed and if there have been disciplinary procedures against him or her.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • No guns were found on the school campus, and the student is facing disciplinary action from the school.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 17 Dec. 2025
  • He was benched for the first quarter of the Bengals game for disciplinary reasons.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Mina’s policy doesn’t state whether a pre-recording could be used in a disciplinary case.
    Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • As of yet, there has been no disciplinary action yet levied against Pirro for her on-air remarks.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Sloan missed the game for disciplinary reasons, West coach Tim Davis said.
    Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The team gave no timeline on the disciplinary proceedings.
    ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • Some residents said any disciplinary action should be left to the village.
    Anna McAllister, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Still there were no disciplinary measures, and Cuomo remained on the air.
    Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Jacobs and Bell were charged with two disciplinary counts of misconduct.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Libraries now serve as disciplinary centers or are gone from schools entirely.
    Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat, 26 Jan. 2026

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