How to Use penalty kick in a Sentence

penalty kick

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  • Still, that penalty kick was not enough to put the team over France.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Claire Emslie finished off the penalty kick in the 66th minute to tie the match 2-2.
    — oregonlive, 31 May 2023
  • Hill made it all the way up to tip a penalty kick over the crossbar and preserve a 2-2 tie with the Braves.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Espinoza scored on a penalty kick in the 13th minute for his fifth goal of the season.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Perry Hall’s goal came on a penalty kick in the first half.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Guangzhou, down by two, narrowed the gap to 2-3 with a penalty kick in the second half.
    — Wenxin Fan, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Almeida did score, off a penalty kick in the second half to tie the score with 9:55 left.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Scurry lunges to stop a penalty kick in a shoot-out at the end of a game in the finals of the 1999 Women’s World Cup.
    — ELLE, 24 June 2022
  • In the fifth minute of extra time, the home side earned a penalty kick and turned to Benzema.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 4 May 2022
  • Baboucarr Njie earned a penalty kick for Rising in the 74th minute.
    — Azcentral Sports, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Later in the first half, they were whistled for a handball and Utah State was award a penalty kick.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The next year, in 2021, BYU went to the national title game and was a penalty kick away from winning.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • And the deadlock with the Dutch was predictable after their Olympic meeting came down to penalty kicks.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Moments later, Moreno looped his penalty kick to the upper left corner of the goal to give the Timbers a 1-0 lead in the 38th minute.
    — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Petrovic made his third penalty kick save of the season and also tipped a Duran shot over the bar (60th).
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • McCaskill beat goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce with a shot to the right side on a penalty kick in the 28th minute.
    — Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022
  • After the break and at the 54th minute, England forward Harry Kane knotted the score 1-1 on a penalty kick.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Braulio Ibarra, one of the top goal scorers in the county, made it 3-0 with a penalty kick in the final minutes.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • But penalty kicks is how this Round of 16 match will be decided.
    — The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
  • Seconds later Nadia Nadim tied the score for Louisville on a penalty kick.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
  • But they weren’t rewarded until the 33rd minute when Hernández, the game MVP, put his team in front to stay on a penalty kick.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • But Horan converted on a penalty kick in the 39th minute to put Lyon in front.
    — Anne M. Peterson, ajc, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Nate Polinkos added a second try with his run to the goal area, followed by Bobby Voth’s three-point penalty kick.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 21 May 2022
  • The second came with one minute left when Dedham was awarded a penalty kick, but the attempt missed wide right.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Canada’s Alphonso Davies missed a penalty kick that would’ve brought the Canadians to a draw.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2022
  • But a regulation finish was not to be, as the Broncos’ hand ball in the box in the 82nd minute gave the Cardinals a penalty kick.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2022
  • After notching two saves in the fourth minute, Schmidt would later make a diving save on a penalty kick.
    — Alex Suarez, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Santiago Giménez took the penalty kick but crashed his shot into the right post.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Celina scored its only goal on a penalty kick, and LeMaster turned away two one-on-one chances in the first 25 minutes.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2022
  • Richmond is awarded a penalty kick, and McAdoo ultimately kicks the ball through the net, making the score 2-2.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023

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