yard line

noun

: any of a series of marked or imaginary lines one yard apart on a football field that are parallel to the goal lines and that indicate the distance to the nearest goal line

Examples of yard line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With the offense in a third-and-goal situation from the 6-yard line, all eyes were on the unit to punctuate its most successful day of practice so far. — Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026

The play was over, but Kelce continued to run inside the 20-yard line with the ball. — Pete Grathoff july 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Of his 63 punts, 26 landed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and 22 sailed at least 50 yards. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 July 2026

The Maryland Republican Party finds itself at fourth-and-long on its own 20-yard line with a bit of time left in the fourth quarter. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for yard line

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline