How to Use discipline in a Sentence

discipline

1 of 2 noun
Definition of disciplinenext
Synonyms for disciplinenext
  • 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.
  • The era of the celebrity founder is over and discipline is back.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But the lessons learned from the fair – about discipline and hard work – stay with Williams to this day.
    — Sallee Ann Ruibal, Cincinnati.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The school is handling the discipline of the two Highland Heights boy, 14 and 15.
    — cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • How will Schwartz change the discipline on the defensive side of the ball?
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The Suns have displayed a lack of discipline that leads to fouls.
    — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 11 June 2020
  • The post contained a list of musings on the chase and the discipline that followed.
    — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • First of all, by having lots of discipline to get the job done.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The Redeye hit 60 mph in 3.8 seconds, but that's with a lot of discipline at the launch.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 7 July 2023
  • Instead, the two disciplines to medal in will be street and park.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 23 July 2019
  • That was good enough to win the state title, Evanston’s first in the discipline.
    — Sam Brief, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • That team had discipline, played with heart and a sense of purpose.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 17 May 2020
  • One thing is clear — the church’s language of discipline has changed since 1993.
    — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Not to mention the size and speed but also the discipline and how well-coached these two teams are.
    — Adam Jude, The Seattle Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • If the coach allows his child to get out of control, the team discipline will fall by the wayside.
    — Bird Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Players and coaches will have to have even more discipline to stay clear of the virus.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Lee took first in her best discipline: the uneven bars.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Show discipline when temptation kicks in, and don’t be afraid to break away from the crowd and do your own thing.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This discipline is a way to resist the monotony and violence of prison life.
    — Janie Paul, The Conversation, 9 June 2020
  • If a team were to sign him, Brown likely would face league discipline.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
  • That is bad news not just for the discipline, but for everyone.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • So, discipline was a very big thing for my dad growing up.
    — Savannah Scott, Teen Vogue, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Everyone wants to talk about discipline and hard work and all of these things.
    — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Everyone wants to talk about discipline and heart work and all of these things.
    — Mark Heim, AL.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • But once his discipline crept in, there was no turning back.
    — Dalila Thomas, Dallas News, 17 June 2020
  • In fact, art therapy first became known as a professional discipline in the 1940s.
    — A.k. Whitney, Orange County Register, 2 Apr. 2024
  • That means whatever discipline Major League Baseball might levy against Urías is on hold until the city attorney makes a decision.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
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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.
  • None of the judges involved in the episode was disciplined.
    — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The Cougars will have to be more disciplined against the Broncos this year.
    — Stefanie Loh, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The gym kept me off the streets and disciplined me over all as a person.
    — Karina Lloyd, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2017
  • The Rams were not disciplined by the league for their handling of Keenum.
    — Jim Owczarski, Cincinnati.com, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Soldotna is the most well-coached, disciplined team in the state, hands down.
    — Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2019
  • This isn't the first time this season Wilson has been disciplined by the league.
    — baltimoresun.com, 3 May 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
  • Sometimes the founder or CEO is just not that disciplined.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 19 May 2018
  • Plenty of time to rinse the bad taste of the opener from their mouth and work on being more disciplined.
    — cleveland.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Manino said this takes tons of disciplined work behind the scenes, day in and day out.
    — Kara Martinez Bachman, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Borges wouldn't comment on whether the barista would be disciplined.
    — Serena O'Sullivan, azcentral, 6 July 2019
  • There's disciplined use of branching to try to make merges easy and predictable.
    — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2018
  • Your mother didn’t use a leather strap to discipline you.
    — Bernice L. McFadden, Longreads, 5 June 2020
  • The lieutenant is the second to be disciplined in almost two months.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Well, look, firms are disciplined by two forces, right?
    — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Jill has been very disciplined and sacrificed a lot to get to this point.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Michigan has to be more disciplined against these looks and has to clean up its tackling.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The pimps have begun to discipline those deemed lazy by cuffing them around.
    — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Frankie forced the thin variety of smile someone gives to a naughty child that isn’t theirs to discipline.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2023
  • But Louisville isn't the only school to discipline its students.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2020
  • She was sometimes disciplined by being locked in a dark closet, her legs tied to the chair.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Starbucks would not say whether the barista would be disciplined in connection with the case.
    — Fox News, 6 July 2019
  • Twelve led to discipline, of which the most severe was a 40-hour suspension.
    — Philip K. Howard, National Review, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Bob Myers tried to discipline you and think that would put the mask over everything.
    — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2021
  • But some districts threatened to discipline those who joined the wave of walkouts.
    — Time, 22 Feb. 2018
  • What breaks my heart is that she’s always been disciplined.
    — Vulture, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The authors of the U.K. report think the findings should force a rethink in how school bullies are disciplined, given their potential future success.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024

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