How to Use discipline in a Sentence

discipline

1 of 2 noun
  • The teacher has a hard time maintaining discipline in the classroom.
  • The troops were praised for their dedication and discipline.
  • Keeping a journal is a good discipline for a writer.
  • Some parents feel that the school's principal has been too harsh in meting out discipline.
  • Both disciplines are still very much with me, for sure.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
  • To read more about the sport’s five disciplines, click here.
    — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • None of us have the discipline.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This isn’t a lack of discipline.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
  • That’s where the discipline comes in.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • First of all, by having lots of discipline to get the job done.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The era of the celebrity founder is over and discipline is back.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, the two disciplines to medal in will be street and park.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 23 July 2019
  • That team had discipline, played with heart and a sense of purpose.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 17 May 2020
  • This is what happens when there’s no discipline in our schools.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Next, some discipline on costs needs to be imposed.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Hitters with elite plate discipline could gain an edge.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The loop is what makes the discipline compound.
    — Varun Milind Kulkarni, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Right now, that long-term discipline is missing.
    — Jason Gallion, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The real problem is to learn how to run them with discipline.
    — Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The focus and discipline were a large part of the problem the last two weeks.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This shift requires discipline but pays off.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The Suns have displayed a lack of discipline that leads to fouls.
    — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 11 June 2020
  • Everyone wants to talk about discipline and hard work and all of these things.
    — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The founders lacked discipline.
    — Sun Yi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Jones could face discipline for his conduct.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That is bad news not just for the discipline, but for everyone.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Everyone wants to talk about discipline and heart work and all of these things.
    — Mark Heim, AL.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • If a team were to sign him, Brown likely would face league discipline.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Players and coaches will have to have even more discipline to stay clear of the virus.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Police work is one of those disciplines where there’s no real gray area.
    — Brittney Oliver, Essence, 5 Dec. 2019

discipline

2 of 2 verb
  • I'm trying to discipline myself to eat less.
  • She was disciplined for misbehaving in class.
  • He seems unwilling or unable to discipline his children.
  • No team is more sound or disciplined.
    — Sports Columnist, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The gym kept me off the streets and disciplined me over all as a person.
    — Karina Lloyd, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2017
  • We were disciplined and had only four turnovers in the game.
    — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of flags on the field, that comes with being disciplined.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The kid acts up, the dad disciplines him and mom just sends a sorry text.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Two of those were fired and the other was disciplined.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Allen has been disciplined just one time this season.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • It’s been good and healthy for me to just be disciplined and focus on work for a bit.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Puck skills, elite shot, disciplined.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
  • Borges wouldn't comment on whether the barista would be disciplined.
    — Serena O'Sullivan, azcentral, 6 July 2019
  • The run defense was gap-sound and disciplined.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But in the past, there has been no will to discipline the stock traders and stop the shenanigans.
    — Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Jill has been very disciplined and sacrificed a lot to get to this point.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • A good number of parents still feel that this is the best way to discipline a child.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • You would surely be disciplined in some severe way if you didn't get fired.
    — Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The pimps have begun to discipline those deemed lazy by cuffing them around.
    — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Michigan has to be more disciplined against these looks and has to clean up its tackling.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Manino said this takes tons of disciplined work behind the scenes, day in and day out.
    — Kara Martinez Bachman, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • At first, this bro-culture way of doing things can seem disciplined.
    — Teresa Hopke, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Lisicky is disciplined about keeping past and future in their places.
    — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Shai’s entire life is disciplined, and it’s not forced by others around him.
    — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The site names those that have been disciplined since 2018.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The site names groups that have been disciplined since 2018.
    — Matthew Kelly april 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Third, it must be legally disciplined.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • They weren't convinced and referred him to be disciplined.
    — Martin Kaste, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Make that five starters who are being disciplined for being late for a team meeting.
    — Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral, 16 Nov. 2019
  • She was sometimes disciplined by being locked in a dark closet, her legs tied to the chair.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 17 Sep. 2019

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