How to Use offside in a Sentence

offside

adverb or adjective

• But the goal was called back when the cameras caught him a shade offside.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
• When is offside no longer offside?
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• The goal showed Coyle to be a few snowflakes offside on a zone entry.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• Nik Bonitto has been offside three times.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
• Mane was ruled to be offside in the end and a goal wouldn't have counted anyway.
  — SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Chris Waugh Was Burn pushed offside?
  — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
• Teams used to only lose a timeout if their challenge showed the play was not offside.
  — Sam Carchidi, Philly.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• And although the forward was able to finish, it was ruled offside.
  — SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• The coach cursed into the wind after his first offense jumped offside.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 7 June 2018
• The linebacker did run a penalty lap for jumping offside once.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2021
• Baribo had a would-be goal in the opening minutes ruled offside.
  — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
• Japan struck first against Germany, but the goal was quickly called offside.
  — Usa Today Sports Staff, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
• But his shot was stopped, and shortly after he was ruled offside, anyway.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
• White appeared to score the tying goal but was called marginally offside in a review.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2019
• The only dumber penalty than a false start is lining up offside.
  — Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2022
• There were also a handful of plays called offside that very clearly were not offside.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• The goal was ruled out, however, as the Dutch forward was just offside.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• The offensive unit quickly ran off the field and, at that point, the Cougars jumped offside.
  — Drew Champlin, al, 21 Nov. 2020
• Necas had a goal wiped off the board because the Avs were offside entering the zone in the third.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
• The Englishman had the ball in the net in the 63rd minute but was flagged offside.
  — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 May 2026
• Ugarte then threads the ball to Amad, who misses the target, but is flagged offside anyway.
  — Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
• Messi’s free kick clanked off the crossbar and Suarez put in the rebound, but it was ruled offside.
  — Michelle Kaufman april 7, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
• Balogun started the game with a few shots on goal and had one taken away because he was ruled offside.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
• Up front, Mbappe looked isolated and kept getting flagged offside.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 July 2026
• Alas, Epps was offside when Dockal played the ball to him, and the video replay booth caught it.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 19 May 2018
• The joy ended quickly as the sideline official raised his flag to rule offside.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
• Kerr netted in the 44th but was ruled offside by VAR.
  — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Berterame then appeared to tap home the winner just inside the post, but was ruled offside.
  — Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
• Two of the goals RSL scored were later waved off due to players called offside.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
• The defense was called offside — the dumbest penalty in football at any level — four times.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2025