How to Use offside in a Sentence

offside

adverb or adjective
  • The goal showed Coyle to be a few snowflakes offside on a zone entry.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The first penalty of the game came with 1:55 left in the first half, when the Giants’ Leonard Williams jumped offside.
    Tim Reynolds, ajc, 5 Dec. 2021
  • But Olsson was called offside to keep the score tied at 0-0.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The video showed that Mbock Bathy was just inches offside.
    Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • Mane was ruled to be offside in the end and a goal wouldn't have counted anyway.
    SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • 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 offensive unit quickly ran off the field and, at that point, the Cougars jumped offside.
    Drew Champlin, al, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Melvin Ingram had a gift TFL on a bad snap, then jumped offside on third down.
    Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • 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 Thorns nearly scored in the 31st minute but were called offside in an unusual, flukey call.
    Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Uth, who had a late goal ruled out for offside, launched the ball forward for Lukas Rupp to score in the third minute of injury time.
    USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2017
  • On the next play, Taysom Hill got the Bears to jump offside (more on that later), setting up a touchdown drive.
    Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • The goal was ruled out, however, as the Dutch forward was just offside.
    CiarÁn Fahey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
  • And although the forward was able to finish, it was ruled offside.
    SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Auburn lined up for another short field goal, but Georgia jumped offside and gave the Tigers fourth-and-goal from the 3.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Japan struck first against Germany, but the goal was quickly called offside.
    Usa Today Sports Staff, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
  • In Game 2, with the Wild up 2-0, a third goal was taken away after the Golden Knights challenged and the play was deemed offside.
    Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 23 May 2021
  • Teams used to only lose a timeout if their challenge showed the play was not offside.
    Sam Carchidi, Philly.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The coach cursed into the wind after his first offense jumped offside.
    Albert Breer, SI.com, 7 June 2018
  • First, Tony Brown jumped offside on 3rd-and-3 for the second Bulldog conversion of the drive.
    Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • On a fourth down, Bonner got the defense to jump offside and then lofted a pass to Derek Wright who hauled it in for a 38-yard touchdown.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The linebacker did run a penalty lap for jumping offside once.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2021
  • White appeared to score the tying goal but was called marginally offside in a review.
    Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2019
  • Only the offside big toe of Crystal Dunn’s left foot bailed France out of conceding a third.
    Jonathan Tannenwald, Pro Soccer USA, 29 June 2019
  • Navas also stopped Milinkovic-Savic’s bicycle kick in front of goal in the 42nd minute, but it was ruled offside.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2018
  • Navas also stopped Milinkovic-Savic's bicycle kick in front of goal in the 42nd minute, but it was ruled offside.
    Anne M. Peterson, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2018
  • With the Gamecocks facing second-and-goal at the 10, Auburn jumped offside and gave South Carolina a free play.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Gilbert Frierson gifted Pitt a first down, lining up offside on a fourth-down punt.
    David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Alex Morgan appeared to score the game's only goal in the first half, but it was called offside and that ruling held up on review.
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021
  • The kick was missed, but Baltimore's Marlon Humphrey had jumped offside.
    Noah Trister, ajc, 12 Oct. 2021

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