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How To Use penalty In A Sentence

• The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
• Pulling one back with another penalty - this time converted by the regular taker - they finally conceded a third. The Sun
• But a surge in thefts of treasured relics from ancient temples and monuments has reached such a level that an agonised debate has begun over bringing back the death penalty.
• He was brought down in the penalty area.
• There was a sense of disorganisation at times, as in the 20th minute when Gabriel Heinze pumped an innocuous-looking high ball towards the penalty area which Brown and Smalling both went to clear and then left to one another. Chris Smalling helps make a shaky case for Manchester United's defence
• The maximum penalty for running grog into a restricted area is $1000 or six months for a first offence, and $2000 or 12 months for a second, plus forfeiture of the vehicle or aircraft.
• The state death penalty law was nullified in 1977.
• Stanley M.. Brand, a Democratic former House general counsel, said the penalty seemed personal rather than political.
• Owen had a much more convincing penalty appeal just before half-time, but Andreas Dober somehow got away with a blatant, over-the-top foul.
• The $1.65 million penalty is piddling to the huge banks.