How to Use disciplinary in a Sentence

disciplinary

adjective
  • The committee is considering disciplinary measures against him.
  • There are no disciplinary or board actions against Burke on file, the records state.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Maybe the guards could wear some sort of disciplinary collars?
    Nick Romeo, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • That story detailed how the board’s slow disciplinary process puts the public in harm’s way.
    Emily Hopkins, ProPublica, 16 May 2023
  • This complaint starts the disciplinary process against Xie.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
  • The coachee often feels the coach is being hired as a disciplinary action.
    Chris Herndon, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • They will also be brought up on disciplinary charges, the statement said.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Smith said this was a typical disciplinary action that has worked in the past.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2022
  • These statements were false, the disciplinary counsel said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024
  • No disciplinary charges have been filed against Eastman, and the present status of that inquiry is unclear.
    Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The formal charge was later dropped, and no disciplinary hearings were held.
    Alexis Timko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 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
  • He was also held out of the beginning of the Browns’ win over Detroit for disciplinary reasons.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
  • That officer will be placed on disciplinary action, and the Sheriff here does not hide that fact.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 20 July 2022
  • There were no disciplinary records in the documents obtained by the Sun Sentinel.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Thomas rushed only eight times vs. USC, and has been the subject of disciplinary issues this season.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • This is the first disciplinary action against the Florida license Stalls has held since June 2019.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
  • Any disciplinary action will be handled by the schools and will be reviewed by league members.
    oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Srygley did not reveal the nature of the disciplinary action or the name of the office involved.
    Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2022
  • There were no disciplinary records in response to the Journal Sentinel's request.
    Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • By 2019, Loew was running into disciplinary trouble on the job, records show.
    Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • During Week 9, it was announced that Elliott would not travel with the team and was ruled out due to disciplinary reasons.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Also unclear was whether any charges were filed or disciplinary action taken against the student by the school.
    CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Jacobs and Bell were charged with two disciplinary counts of misconduct.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The city’s outside counsel advised that no disciplinary action could be taken because of the way the video was obtained.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
  • Some have left and others have been slapped with disciplinary actions including bonus cuts, the person said.
    Steven Arons, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Coppola said the school took disciplinary action and that the school principal told her over the phone that the police had visited the student’s house.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 12 June 2022
  • Pearson kept his job despite using the slur, and some speculated that Schaefer — Pearson’s longtime friend — might have had a hand in the investigation and disciplinary process.
    Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The district has not commented on if Mahaffey is facing disciplinary action.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025

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