How to Use corner kick in a Sentence

corner kick

noun
  • And then, on their sixth corner kick already earned by the midway point of the first half, the reward came.
    Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • That started in the second minute, when a transition breakaway set up a corner kick.
    Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Leno misplayed a corner kick, allowing Jorginho to score into an open net.
    Ravi Ubha, CNN, 29 Dec. 2019
  • This led to the first goal, as a Turner goal kick was flicked on to Penilla, whose cross was cleared out for a corner kick.
    Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Kinkaid managed to send the match to overtime, recording a goal off a corner kick with less than two minutes left in regulation.
    Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Hughes, a freshman, scored from the back post when the Hokies failed to clear Derek Waldeck’s corner kick.
    SFChronicle.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • At one point the Shamrocks took three consecutive corner kicks, each knocked away by defenders.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Stanford got on the scoreboard first Friday when, after the game’s first corner kick, Beason scored on a header in the 35th minute.
    SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The Rapids scored in the scurry following a corner kick as the ball bounced back out and Jack Price got another unimpeded cross in on the net.
    Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Travis Van Brewer took a corner kick from the right side and sent a ball through traffic to Ian Daly, who scored less than four minutes into the half.
    Staff Reports, courant.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • With 20 minutes remaining, and a season’s worth of memories at stake, Montanile opted to make a slight change to one of his routine corner kicks.
    The Republic | azcentral.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Despite winning possession and four corner kicks in the first 20 minutes, LouCity trailed 2-1 at halftime.
    Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Senior Kyle Eylanbekov’s corner kick was headed toward goal by senior Thomas Brinkley but cleared off the line by a defender.
    Tim Schwartz, baltimoresun.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Josh Olinger scored off a corner kick to open the scoring in the first half.
    Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Jullie Cooke scored the lone goal off a corner kick in the first half.
    al, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The first half saw each team get a corner kick and few shots on goal.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2021
  • France’s corner kick was recycled, and the ball fell to Giroud in front of the goal.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Matt Besler dived to head the service out for a corner kick.
    Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2021
  • In the 61st, Yeimar Gómez headed in a goal off Nicolás Lodeiro’s corner kick.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Ryle had four shots to three for Dunbar, and each team had a corner kick.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Aicha Wilson opened the game’s scoring with a goal off a corner kick in the 27th minute.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The Greenies rebounded from the slow start and scored in the 24th minute off a corner kick.
    Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
  • In the 40th minute, Gressel’s corner kick found Ian Fray at the far post, who headed the ball into the back of the net.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
  • Off a corner kick, Beck came away with the ball in a crowd and unleashed a shot that got behind the goalie.
    Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 25 Mar. 2021
  • One was an own-goal off a Haris Medunjanin corner kick against the Red Bulls.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Damion Lowe briefly brought the crowd to its feet in the 84th minute, heading a Leon Bailey corner kick into the back of the net.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The Hawks earned their first corner kick of the second half in the 73rd minute but were unable to convert as the shot missed the near post.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In the 58th minute, Sinclair sent a header off a corner kick just wide.
    Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 24 May 2021
  • The penalty came on a handball awarded off of a corner kick.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024
  • Rachel Hill found a close-range shot on goal in the third minute, and that set up two consecutive corner kicks for Bay FC.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'corner kick.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: