How to Use personal foul in a Sentence

personal foul

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Nwilborn@al.com, 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
  • And yet, Serra bailed both out with its personal foul on the kicker.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • 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 | Tgreen@al.com, al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The drive covered 75 yards on nine plays was aided by two personal foul penalties against the Red Wolves.
    — Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Aaliyah Edwards picked up her second personal foul with 7:20 left in the first quarter and was subbed out.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Derwin James was whistled for a huge third-down personal foul that wasn’t one.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Flesher returned a punt to the 30, and then Hobart was whistled for a personal foul.
    — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • First, Elandon Roberts was flagged for a roughing-the-passer personal foul with 3:31 left in the second quarter.
    — Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The Roadrunners stopped the Aztecs on fourth down and took over the ball after a personal foul on their own 47 with under three minutes to play in the half.
    — Dennis Rudner, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But Brian George received a personal foul for a blind side block in the end zone to give Vanderbilt a safety to cut the lead to 7-5.
    — Kristie Rieken, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Even when Jones was hit with her third personal foul in the early third quarter, Walz elected to not take her out.
    — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The hand motion has been ruled a personal foul penalty by the Big 12 in the offseason and could cost the Tide 15-yards on Saturday.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Notre Dame was called for a personal foul om OSU’s first point-after kick, which moved the ensuing kickoff to the 50-yard line.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Bryant got a roughing-the-passer penalty, and a personal foul was called on Harrah.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 21 Mar. 2020

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