personal foul
nounDefinition of personal foul
: a foul in a game (such as basketball) involving usually physical contact with or deliberate roughing of an opponent — compare technical foul
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Miles held his own in pass-blocking situations, but a personal foul penalty negated a big catch and run by tailback D.J. Foster midway through the second quarter. — Bob Mcmanaman, azcentral, "Several Arizona Cardinals will hope to avoid the cut man as NFL rosters trim to 53," 29 Aug. 2019 Hill was assessed a 15-yard personal foul penalty and ejected from the game. — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, "Vikings CB Holton Hill fined $10,527 by NFL for helmet-to-helmet hit," 26 Aug. 2019 Tavon Wilson drew another personal foul for a horse collar just before halftime. — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, "Lions-Bills observations: Matthew Stafford sharp, penalties mount," 23 Aug. 2019 Any personal foul sends the entire team into up-downs. — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "Graham Harrell, the Air Raid and Clay Helton's All-in Gamble to Turn Around USC," 1 Aug. 2019 Instead Green picked up his third personal foul and pulled to within one technical from ejection. — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, "NBA institutes coach challenges; 5 times one would have come in handy for Steve Kerr," 10 July 2019 Despite the crowd's vocal objections, the team accrued seven personal fouls in the third; the Dream took advantage, making 8 of 11 free-throw attempts. — Julia Stumbaugh, azcentral, "Brittney Griner finds redemption in game-winning free throws as Mercury beat Dream," 8 July 2019 In Game 6 on Monday, referee Jason Phillips called Green for his third personal foul on Kyle Lowry’s reverse layup attempt late in the second quarter. — Matt Schneidman, The Mercury News, "Warriors’ Draymond Green has to be extra careful in Game 6," 12 June 2019 Thomas was flagged for a personal foul for the gesture, which came after what was his second interception of the game. — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, "Earl Thomas fined for bow against Dallas," 2 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'personal foul.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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