How to Use goal in a Sentence

goal

noun

• She scored the winning goal in the game's final minute.
• We all share a common goal.
• He set a goal for himself of exercising at least three times a week.
• She pursued her goal of starting her own business.
• Her primary goal is to get a college degree.
• The company has instituted several new policies with the goal of reducing waste.
• Last month he had 10 goals and six assists.
• The goal is to add 500 new units by the end of the year.
  — Brittny Mejia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2022
• Such was the way by which the first goal came in the 27th minute.
  — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2018
• The goal is to send the right offer to the right people at the right time.
  — Kaiser Fung, Wired, 18 Mar. 2020
• Like the goal was never just to get to the big leagues.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
• Now, the Cougars are back on track to try to achieve their goal.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2021
• The star player struck the ball into the goal to tie up the game.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• Hines said last week that his goal is to reach the Pro Bowl.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2022
• Thae’s goal, or dream, is nothing less than the end of the regime.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 June 2019
• Jump for joy when Bring it On brings cheer-squad goals to the yard.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
• Tahoe seemed like the perfect place to achieve that goal.
  — Alissa Walker, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2018
• That was Berggren's fourth goal and ninth point of the season.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2022
• Your goal is to guess the five-letter word in six tries.
  — oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022
• The goal is finding two in each high school in the district.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
• My goal was just to get it to the back end, and those guys have been nails all year.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2021
• The goal was to watch Warren Spahn pitch one last time.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2021
• The goal of the date is to go over your spending, savings and goals.
  — Nicole Middendorf, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• Roll up your sleeves and do the work required to reach your goal.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 June 2019
• So that was a huge goal of his for many, many, many years.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
• Both goals came from searing crosses to the back side of the goal.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
• Just to put it down straight, my main goal was to not have any walks.
  — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 10 July 2018
• My goal one day is to have land and have my own farm or ranch.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
• Its owners, a young couple, had bought the apartment on the top floor of an early 20th-century building with the goal of expanding upwards into the attic space.
  — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2024
• Their goal is simple: to help make logical sense of an intricately nonlinear assortment of scenes.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024