How to Use personal foul in a Sentence

personal foul

noun

• The penalty was the Browns’ fifth personal foul of the game.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2019
• Matthews was called for a personal foul on a block that moved a first-and-goal from the 8 back to the 21.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
• And the personal foul on McGrone’s late hit moved the ball to the 2-yard line.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2019
• Allen was flagged for a personal foul late in the game.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
• Don't look to the streaming gods to call a personal foul on that one.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
• Walker took a seat on the bench with his third personal foul with 3:06 left in the third.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Grant Williams appeared to draw a fifth personal foul on the Greek Freak on a drive with 10:16 to go.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
• It was set up by a 22-yard pitch-and-catch from King to Mark Pope that had a personal foul tacked on to the end of it.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• He got flagged for a personal foul that moved back the extra point attempt, and the try failed.
  — Charles Hollis, al, 28 Nov. 2020
• Jones was called for a personal foul but it was offset on the play by holding by the Bills.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• Matthew Wilson ran for 5 yards and a personal foul penalty against the Cougars gave the Wildcats the ball on the 15-yard line.
  — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
• Kyzir White had a hold, then a nice sack, then missed a big tackle and had a dumb personal foul.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
• The Hawkeyes had seven personal fouls in the first quarter.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023
• But Darien Butler was called for a personal foul, giving the Utes a new set of downs.
  — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 19 Oct. 2019
• Taylor was called for a personal foul and then ejected from the game.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
• Asante Samuel had a stupid personal foul, but saved things with a late pick.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
• The Norseman aided South on the TD drive with a both a face mask and personal foul penalty.
  — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
• Colby Wooden got called for a personal foul on the play, which tacked 15 yards to the return.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2022
• The ball bounced directly to Bam Adebayo, who scored and drew the third personal foul on Lopez.
  — Ben Steele, USA TODAY, 22 May 2021
• But last week his personal foul cost his team a shot at a 39-yard field goal on its opening drive.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2019
• Peters also was called for a personal foul on the play.
  — Josh Dubow, Houston Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2017
• And yet, Serra bailed both out with its personal foul on the kicker.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• Shazier drilled him hard in the chest mid-slide to draw a personal foul and another time after a throw.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• Davis was assessed a 15-yard personal foul for the play, then ejected.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• The Indians were flagged for a personal foul that kept the Wolves’ last first-half scoring drive alive.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• Two plays later, the Mavs moved inside the 5-yard line on a short run by Boothby and a personal foul against WM.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Mar. 2021
• The Tigers moved the ball diligently down the field and worked the clock, getting down inside the 10 after a personal foul on the Bulldogs.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 10 Oct. 2021
• The personal foul penalty brought Los Amigos down to the La Quinta five.
  — Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, 10 Oct. 2019
• The Ravens handed the Chiefs an extra three points before halftime with a pair of personal fouls.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
• Officials reviewed the play but opted to call Mathurin only for a personal foul.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024