How to Use disallow in a Sentence

disallow

verb
  • The touchdown was disallowed because of a penalty.
  • The circuit court judge on Sept. 12 then disallowed the plea, opens new tab.
    Jenna Greene, Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That’s against the letter of the law and the goal was disallowed.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But it was ruled a high-stick and the goal was disallowed.
    Pat Graham, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And disallow the ball from moving up the middle of the floor.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Atlas had scored twice in the first half but both were disallowed.
    Ivan Orozco, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • By the time Dyson scored, Lentz had already waved his hand, disallowing the run.
    Drake Hills, azcentral, 24 July 2019
  • White had another goal, which would have been her second of the night, disallowed by VAR in the 67th.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 July 2019
  • In between those goals, the Bobcats had two goals disallowed because the shooters were in the crease.
    Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com, 16 May 2018
  • Just like the first half, the second started with a goal disallowed by the referees.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 12 May 2018
  • But the goal was disallowed because of a high stick after a review.
    George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2018
  • If the entire ballot had been disallowed, Snider would have won by nine points.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The airline was not able to explain at which load level the seats are allowed or disallowed to CNN.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The rule needs to change to disallow shots that clearly have no chance of going in, shots flipped up because of the contact rather than in spite of them.
    Adi Joseph, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Score was disallowed, possession was returned to Belmont from the point of the missed field goal.
    Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The Lancers pressed from there, and had a second goal disallowed in the final minutes because of a penalty.
    Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Sep. 2019
  • That’s (Marleau’s) third or fourth that has been disallowed or taken back.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2017
  • But the flag was raised and the goal was initially disallowed, until a VAR check showed that Aubameyang was onside and re-awarded it.
    SI.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Capping a burst down the right side, McDavid jammed the puck past Crawford and over the goal line with 2:46 left in the second, but the goal was disallowed because the net was dislodged on the play.
    Matt Carlson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Swansea did have the ball in the net in the game, but Wilfried Bony's finish was disallowed as Jordan Ayew was adjudged to have committed a foul in the build up.
    SI.com, 4 May 2018
  • The referee signaled a goal but then seemed to disallow it for offside.
    Demetris Nellas, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • In an era when dunks were disallowed in games, the Wolverines put on an impressive display of dunking in warm-ups.
    David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2020
  • During that meeting, the city denied and disallowed the claim in full, according to city records included in the suit.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2023
  • And since 1991, the metal has been disallowed when hunting waterfowl in the United States.
    Douglas Main, National Geographic, 26 June 2019
  • The biggest play in this game was the referee’s decision with 13:36 to play to disallow what would have been Sam Reinhart’s second goal of the game.
    Tom Canavan, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Grabner had a goal early in the second disallowed because the puck was kept in the offensive zone by a high stick.
    USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The first goal was disallowed, the second counted in Chile’s 2-0 victory.
    Graham Dunbar, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2017
  • The first goal was disallowed, the second counted in Chile's 2-0 victory.
    Bloomberg.com, 25 June 2017
  • The prosecution asked the judge to disallow statements Jones made to a student who took his gun after the shooting.
    Michael Kiefer, azcentral, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The policy disallows students cell phones, smartphones, smart watches or other mobile communication devices on campus during the school day for TK-8th grade.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024

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