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.
• The Rams were penalized twice on the play when Hunter got hit.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• This is no fault of the seller, and they should not be penalized for it.
  — Richard Parker, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
• But most games penalize you for failing and force you to do the same thing again.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
• Even if a player isn’t penalized, he could still be fined by the league.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
• Hadley was even penalized a point during the fight for two eye pokes.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Oct. 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
• By five minutes in, the Wings were outshot, 7-2, when they were penalized for too many men on the ice.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2020
• 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
• His brand of discipline has led to the league’s fifth-most penalized.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• You should not be penalized for trying to have a workplace that honors the rule of law in the workplace.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2019
• Failure to report could be penalized by up to 14 years in prison.
  — Kanis Leung, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2024
• The players were found to have possessed drugs, and Svare and Klein were penalized for lax oversight.
  — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2020
• The players were found to have possessed drugs, and Mr. Svare and Klein were penalized for lax oversight.
  — Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• Mendez ran for a yard on first down, but the Cobras were penalized for a false start before the next snap, moving the ball back to the Mustangs 44.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 5 Oct. 2019
• Be sure to check with your vendor to make sure you won’t be penalized for paying off the loan early.
  — Paris Goodman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
• They also were penalized seven times for 72 yards and failed to score on both of their trips inside the red zone.
  — oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2019
• 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
• But if drivers are forced below the line, they won’t be penalized while the car doing the forcing could be.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 18 Oct. 2019
• After a 3-yard gain by Presley Fant, Boaz was penalized for clipping, moving the ball back to the 18.
  — al, 9 Sep. 2023
• Pospisil was driving to the net and was hauled down by the Ducks’ Radko Gudas, who was penalized for holding.
  — Staff and News Service Reports, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
• In fact, after the game, a referee who penalized the players ordered one of the shirts.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
• Meanwhile, Woods was penalized for holding and did not record a catch.
  — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
• Mapu was penalized for the hit and Waddle did not return before the game was over . . .
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• The snapback mechanism in the existing deal now remains the only U.N.-backed mechanism to penalize Iran for serious non-compliance.
  — Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025