How to Use goal line in a Sentence

goal line

noun

• The ninth run was stopped short of the goal line on fourth down.
  — Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022
• Uchenna Nwosu had the play of the game — a tip and pick on the goal line.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
• Beckham caught the pass at the 1 and reached the ball over the goal line for the go-ahead score.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 5 Jan. 2022
• An ant couldn’t fit through the space between the bottom of the ball and the goal line.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Aug. 2023
• The Ravens would surely dive over the goal line drawn by Hurts.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
• The ball went out of her grasp and rolled in front of the net near the goal line but did not go in.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2022
• Garfield had stopped three short runs up the middle near the goal line.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• The ball struck the underside of the crossbar and just crossed the goal line to knot the game at 1.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Nov. 2021
• But Cousins was stopped shy of the goal line, and the Bills took possession.
  — Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2022
• That’s when the Utes last-gasp drive had them in the shadow of UF’s goal line.
  — David Whitley, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022
• In fact, all four turnovers the Warriors (12-3) forced were right near the goal line.
  — Nate Fields, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2021
• But that was the only time the Bulldogs crossed the goal line all night.
  — Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
• Chase made a finger-tip catch in stride at the goal line.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2022
• The defenseman's shot clanged off the bottom of the cross bar and over the goal line.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2021
• Then this ball was clearly across the goal line as well.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
• The puck must completely cross the red goal line to count as a goal.
  — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
• The goal line is far away, and investors are putting a lot of faith in their Hail Mary.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• With the ball on the 15-yard line, Theismann stood on his own goal line.
  — Sam Lane, Arkansas Online, 14 Jan. 2023
• Zach Allen busts through the line and drops the Seattle running back right at the goal line.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
• Howell fumbled and Cameron Thomas scooped the ball up and lunged across the goal line for the go-ahead score.
  — Emily Horos, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
• Bosa was in many places, making a huge goal line stop, and TFL.
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022
• The Knights defense had just come up with a fourth-and-1 stop near their own goal line.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
• Any kick that lands in the landing zone — between the goal line and the 20 — must be returned.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2024
• Which is why, even though the game came down to the final play, the goal line stop in the third quarter felt so large.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2022
• Before the ball crossed the plane of the goal line, Sneed reached across Flowers’ body and batted out the ball.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• Nathaniel Peat crossed the goal line for what would have been the game-winning touchdown.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• The Flames quickly moved into the red zone and were able to punch it in from the goal line, cutting the deficit to four, 21-17, at the half.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2022
• The junior defender never saw the ball cross the goal line.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
• Then, on the goal line, [Jalen] Berger had the same situation with a fullback out there.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
• Icing is called when a defending player clears the puck past the other team's goal line from their own zone.
  — Analis Bailey, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024