Examples of penalize in a Sentence
The company was penalized for not paying taxes.
The hockey player was penalized for holding.
This law would unfairly penalize immigrants.
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Jefferson was penalized and ejected.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
Perryman was penalized for unnecessary roughness, but he wasn’t ejected from the game for his second-quarter tackle during the Chargers’ 34-17 victory.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 25 Dec. 2025
One provision in the law penalizes companies for raising prices too sharply from year to year.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025
Clery Act used to penalize Virginia Tech The Clery Act has previously been used to penalize a university in the wake of a campus shooting.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
Perryman was penalized for unnecessary roughness, but he wasn’t ejected from the game for his second-quarter tackle during the Chargers’ 34-17 victory.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 25 Dec. 2025
One provision in the law penalizes companies for raising prices too sharply from year to year.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025
Clery Act used to penalize Virginia Tech The Clery Act has previously been used to penalize a university in the wake of a campus shooting.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Penalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalize. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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penalize
verb
pe·nal·ize
ˈpēn-ᵊl-ˌīz 
ˈpen-
ˈpen-
penalized; penalizing
1
: to give a penalty to
2
: to place at a disadvantage
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