How to Use goal line in a Sentence

goal line

noun
Definition of goal linenext
  • The ninth run was stopped short of the goal line on fourth down.
    — Dallas News, 11 Dec. 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
  • 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
  • But that was the only time the Bulldogs crossed the goal line all night.
    — Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Then this ball was clearly across the goal line as well.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Tgreen@al.com, 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
  • Ritchie tied it at 9:45 with a shot that went off the crossbar and completely across the goal line.
    — Sammi Silber, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
  • While the Penguins were still on a power play, the puck appeared to cross the goal line, but no call was made.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Nolan threw a nice deep ball to tight end Luke Musgrave at the goal line for a touchdown.
    — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Litke wins a board battle and puts it to Fromm-Delorme below the goal line.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2022
  • FIlip Hronek fired a pass from behind his goal line up the boards.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The first was the trick play on fourth down near the goal line, a bit of nonsense given the talent in his backfield.
    — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Jones put his left shoulder down and got past safety Josh Jones at the goal line.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The Ravens, in their jumbo goal line package, did not have their fastest players on the field.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
  • After extended play near the goal line, Kapeli Pifeleti muscled it across the line for a try, and the U.S. took the lead, 16-13.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Nobody was even sure what to do after Marks’ crossed the goal line with zeros on the clock.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Bobrovsky lay sprawled against the goal line with eight minutes left..
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • Tight end Durham Smythe took a direct snap and shoved his way across the goal line for a 1-yard touchdown.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., Hartford Courant, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Regardless of how much football has changed through the years, the low man still wins in goal line situations.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2024

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