How to Use foul of in a Sentence

foul of

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  • The first two-shot foul of the night came early in the title game.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
  • No foul of any kind — flagrant or personal — was called on the play.
    — Eric Nehm, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • On the 16th foul of the game, the ref pulled out a yellow card for Rice.
    — Monica Alba, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • An umpire review determined the baseball went just foul of the right-field pole.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Moments later, Robinson picked up his only foul of the night.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Guardiola turned to his bench and shook his head after what was surely the most blatant foul of the season.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Because she’d been warned earlier, she was assessed a technical, her fifth foul of the game.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Previously two free throws, known as the double bonus, were awarded on the 10th foul of a half.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • That was his third flagrant 1 foul of the playoffs, resulting in a one-game suspension.
    — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
  • His standards are high — and several star players have fallen foul of his infamous ‘non-negotiables’.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Previously, teams shot one-and-one the seventh, eighth and nine team fouls (non-shooting) of each half before getting two shots on the 10th foul of the half.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2023
  • Within 17 minutes of the opening game against Southampton in August, Guimaraes had won his first foul of the season.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 9 May 2025
  • That doing that could really run a foul of professional conduct rules because attorneys are gated to follow their client’s wishes.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • Re-exporters of goods manufactured outside Britain have fallen foul of rules-of-origin regulations.
    — The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
  • But not every endorsement has gone smoothly, and Kardashian isn’t the only celebrity to have run foul of the SEC.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • With almost an entire third quarter left to play, young Wizards center Alex Sarr picked up his fifth foul of the night at Chase Center.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Simultaneously, center Aliyah Boston committed her fifth foul of the game - victory seemed destined for the Aces.
    — Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Damian Rivera returned to the starting lineup after sitting out a 2-2 tie with Atlanta United and was cautioned after committing his first foul of the season in the fifth minute.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022
  • The Huskies went the entire first quarter and most of the second before Nika Muhl was assessed the team’s first foul of the game, and Muhl’s three fouls singlehandedly accounted for a third of the team’s.
    — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024
  • One biggie occurred with just under 9 minutes remaining and resulted in Vandy’s Devin McGlockton being assessed his second flagrant foul of the evening.
    — Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Los Angeles outscored Miami 15-2 at the foul line in the fourth quarter after the Heat committed its fourth foul of the period to get into the penalty just three minutes into the quarter.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Rudy Gobert picked up a technical foul and his fifth flagrant foul of the season — which will result in a one-game suspension against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday — for a reckless closeout on a 3 by Wembanyama.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The Constitutional Court’s ruling on Friday represents another wave on the turbulent rapids of Thai politics, in which those pushing for change have frequently run foul of the establishment – a small but powerful clique of military, royalist and business elites.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Minutes after Montreal’s Tomas Aviles was shown a red card for a foul of Pellegrino — which resulted in a lengthy injury delay and VAR review — Onni Valakari capitalized against the short-handed visitors with a rocket from beyond the box that found the back of the net.
    — Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026

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