How to Use corner kick in a Sentence

corner kick

noun
  • The corner kick came up empty and an offsides was called.
    oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2020
  • One was an own-goal off a Haris Medunjanin corner kick against the Red Bulls.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Once the Lions earned a corner kick, Mueller promised to serve up a ball for Urso to finish.
    Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Blanco doubled the Timbers’ lead in the 70th minute, also on a corner kick.
    oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Jaroslaw Niezgoda, in his first start in six games, returned fire in the 21st minute, heading in a ball off a corner kick.
    Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2020
  • During the Lions’ seventh corner kick of the match in the 89th minute, the preparation paid off.
    Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Diego Valeri served in a corner kick in the 66th minute, which Eryk Williamson settled and fired from inside the box.
    oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • The Dynamo earned back-to-back corner kicks in the seventh minute after generating constant pressure to begin the game.
    Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Ruiz, who started his third consecutive game, ripped in a shot off a recycled corner kick in the 85th minute to secure the tie and the point in the standings.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Less than two minutes later, Oniah, who pushed up to left midfield from his usual spot at left defender, headed home Gavin Kinsella’s corner kick.
    Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • 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 play, which was strange in its build-up, started with a corner kick that Murillo cleared well out of the box.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The Mustangs and the Wildecats played an even match until the 25th minute, when the Mustangs scored off a corner kick.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • And while none of them amounted to much, St. Louis racked up seven corner kicks in the first half alone.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 8 July 2024
  • Shinyashiki headed in Jack Price’s corner kick at the back post to win it.
    Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The penalty came on a handball awarded off of a corner kick.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024

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