on offense

phrase

US, sports

: playing on the part of the team that tries to score points or goals

Examples of on offense in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The team also had three holding penalties (two on offense, one on defense), an offensive pass interference, a face mask call, a roughing the passer and a personal foul on defense. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

But the third quarter showed some potential cracks on offense, as the Bulldogs had more turnovers in the 15-minute period than first downs. — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026

The Nittany Lions were out of sync the entire game on offense and clearly missing game-breaking wideout Koby Howard, who is week-to-week with an unspecified injury. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

But like each game this season, the progress on offense was inconsistent and ended with a scoreless fourth quarter. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for on offense

• antisense
• commonsense
• effulgence
• frankincense
• ninepence
• nondefense
• recommence
• recompence
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• cense
• dense
• fence