How to Use penalty kick in a Sentence

penalty kick

noun
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  • Still, that penalty kick was not enough to put the team over France.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Rusnák scored the team’s lone goal by way of a penalty kick in the 88th minute.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Claire Emslie finished off the penalty kick in the 66th minute to tie the match 2-2.
    — oregonlive, 31 May 2023
  • Hill made it all the way up to tip a penalty kick over the crossbar and preserve a 2-2 tie with the Braves.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Espinoza scored on a penalty kick in the 13th minute for his fifth goal of the season.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Perry Hall’s goal came on a penalty kick in the first half.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Guangzhou, down by two, narrowed the gap to 2-3 with a penalty kick in the second half.
    — Wenxin Fan, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Her winning penalty kick in the shootout took a nice bounce off the goalie’s glove and into the net.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Almeida did score, off a penalty kick in the second half to tie the score with 9:55 left.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Scurry lunges to stop a penalty kick in a shoot-out at the end of a game in the finals of the 1999 Women’s World Cup.
    — ELLE, 24 June 2022
  • Junior Rosero tied the game with a goal of a penalty kick at 59 minutes.
    — Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2022
  • In the fifth minute of extra time, the home side earned a penalty kick and turned to Benzema.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 4 May 2022
  • Baboucarr Njie earned a penalty kick for Rising in the 74th minute.
    — Azcentral Sports, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Leroux scored on a header in the 29th minute and Emslie doubled the lead with a penalty kick in the 41st.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
  • Matt Giteau 74th-minute penalty kick gave the vicitors the lead.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
  • In the 75th minute Wilson attacked up the right side where he was taken down in the box for a penalty kick.
    — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Later in the first half, they were whistled for a handball and Utah State was award a penalty kick.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The next year, in 2021, BYU went to the national title game and was a penalty kick away from winning.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • But the Tigers erased the Beavers’ 1-0 lead when Djeffal’s foul in the box resulted in a penalty kick.
    — oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2021
  • And the deadlock with the Dutch was predictable after their Olympic meeting came down to penalty kicks.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Moments later, Moreno looped his penalty kick to the upper left corner of the goal to give the Timbers a 1-0 lead in the 38th minute.
    — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Petrovic made his third penalty kick save of the season and also tipped a Duran shot over the bar (60th).
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Birmingham turned around and knocked them off in the city finals last year on a penalty kick.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Melia saved a penalty kick to keep it 3-2, and Erik Thommy struck the crossbar in stoppage time to round out the action.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
  • McCaskill beat goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce with a shot to the right side on a penalty kick in the 28th minute.
    — Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022
  • After the break and at the 54th minute, England forward Harry Kane knotted the score 1-1 on a penalty kick.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Braulio Ibarra, one of the top goal scorers in the county, made it 3-0 with a penalty kick in the final minutes.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • But penalty kicks is how this Round of 16 match will be decided.
    — The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
  • The Current’s fifth goal came on a penalty kick after Ivory took down Michelle Cooper inside the box.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
  • Morgan made all seven of the team’s penalty kicks before Utah’s handball created the eighth one.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024

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