How to Use suspension in a Sentence

suspension

noun
  • He was angry about his suspension from the team.
  • He's under suspension for breaking the rules.
  • She was punished by suspension of her driver's license.
  • His record shows several suspensions from school.
  • Malkin could face a suspension from the league for the slash.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • How long did that suspension go on?
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • What would a gas tax suspension mean for prices at the pump?
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • All-wheel suspension for a smooth ride.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Cannot fly, but its height should make up for that in case of suspension.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • All-wheel suspension for a smoother ride.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Rashee Rice is on a six-game suspension.
    — Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Rashee Rice served the first of a six-game suspension.
    — Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Yet there’s just something wrong with the suspension right now.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Now, these men enforced that suspension, not by law, but by fear.
    — Larry Pino, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
  • This led to a 45-day suspension.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Kimmel’s first episode back since his suspension airs tonight.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The suspension will last through the fourth quarter.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That means McAvoy faces a suspension of at least six games.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • It was lowered all the way to the ground with its custom air ride suspension.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • To avoid passing a rule, the House could pass it on suspension.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Friends told him that a student received a suspension of four or five days.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • How about state-level gas tax suspensions?
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • How about state-level gas tax suspensions?
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • The chassis and suspension prove willing, though a bit soft for a sports sedan.
    — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Rashee Rice served the second game of his six-game suspension.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Had this boy’s teachers done that, the suspension could have been avoided.
    — Sarah Butrymowicz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The car sustained a suspension failure and stopped on course.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Garrett, fresh off of his three-play suspension from last week, is sporting a new ‘do.
    — cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The practice is now closed due to the dentist's suspension.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • That means our standing scooters have front and rear suspension.
    — April 27, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

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