Example Sentences

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They took four penalties in the first 50-plus minutes of the game and then many more, including three misconducts, in a late scuffle.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2023

"I started skating towards him but I'm about 50 feet away from the guy. I'm getting misconducts for just talking now. Not quite sure what that's about. What are you going to do?"

From Fox News • Oct. 29, 2021

“Those misconducts, they are just unacceptable,” Rojas said of the allegations against Ellis.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2021

Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby and coach Mike Sullivan were among a group that earned 10-minute misconducts following a dust-up between both sides late in the third period.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2019

Speaking of the Monroe Doctrine, he said, "We do not guarantee any state against punishment, if it misconducts itself."

From Theodore Roosevelt and His Times by Howland, Harold