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
• 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
• Then this ball was clearly across the goal line as well.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 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
• 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
• Litke wins a board battle and puts it to Fromm-Delorme below the goal line.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 7 Nov. 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 | [e-mail], al, 23 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Then on 4th-and-goal from inside the 1, QB Ben Gulbranson snuck across the goal line to make it 7-0.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2022
• Patrick Kane tried to connect with Johnson at the doorstep from below the goal line, but Scheifele broke it up.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
• Those big plays helped offset two costly turnovers at the goal line that cost the Bulldogs points.
  — Steven Bittenbender/for The Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2022
• On third-and-4 from the Chiefs’ 9, Brandon Aiyuk lined up left, cut toward the middle of the field and was wide open crossing the goal line.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Gaither’s team won, on a last-second defensive stand near the goal line.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• The Preppers scored touchdowns on five of their eight drives Friday night, while the Bombers crossed the goal line on six of their eight drives.
  — Daniel Gibel, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• Kamara then fumbled again near the goal line on a wild play in the fourth quarter.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 28 Nov. 2022
• Andrews caught the ball, lowered his shoulder and extended just over the white chalk of the goal line.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
• Sweden then had the chance to win, and Lina Hurtig's strike appeared to be stopped on the goal line by Naeher.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 6 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024