How to Use corner kick in a Sentence

corner kick

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  • Jullie Cooke scored the lone goal off a corner kick in the first half.
    — al, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The first half saw each team get a corner kick and few shots on goal.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2021
  • France’s corner kick was recycled, and the ball fell to Giroud in front of the goal.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Ryle had four shots to three for Dunbar, and each team had a corner kick.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Damion Lowe briefly brought the crowd to its feet in the 84th minute, heading a Leon Bailey corner kick into the back of the net.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The Hawks earned their first corner kick of the second half in the 73rd minute but were unable to convert as the shot missed the near post.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The play, which was strange in its build-up, started with a corner kick that Murillo cleared well out of the box.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The Mustangs and the Wildecats played an even match until the 25th minute, when the Mustangs scored off a corner kick.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Finally, in the 93rd minute, Neighbors took a short-corner kick from teammate Rylie Williams and sent a pass to the front of the net.
    — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The Cardinals scored their first goal of the night on a corner kick from Harry, who sent the ball in towards the goal.
    — oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The game winner came on a corner kick that hit a Portland player on its way through the box.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The winning goal came at the conclusion of a series of corner kicks by San Pasqual.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The Vikings’ best chance came off a corner kick 10 minutes into the second half.
    — Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Alejandro Bedoya scored the equalizer off the corner kick in the 95th minute.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Off a corner kick, freshman forward Bella Field rose above the rest to head the ball off the crossbar and into the net in the 25th minute.
    — Andrew Joseph, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Hoskins also took three corner kicks and logged five shots on goal.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Their last best chance came as time expired, though the Comets failed to punch in a header on a corner kick as the clock read zeroes.
    — Evan Merrill, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Junior Kileigh Gorman arced a corner kick that Kofton headed to the 6-yard box.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Three minutes later, Hollingshead nodded home a Vela corner kick from the edge of the six-yard box to make it 3-1.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Kortne Ford drew the penalty in the area after a corner kick from Ollie Wright.
    — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Albert Rusnak played the corner kick forward to set up a Aaron Herrera cross from the right wing.
    — Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • El Salvador’s best chance came in the 57th, when Eriq Zavaleta had a header from close range off a corner kick.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2021
  • In the final seconds, the Eagles earned their sixth and final corner kick, which Jones knocked away.
    — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The game-ending play started with a corner kick by Haines Milnor.
    — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2022
  • After going scoreless in the first half, the Dragons and Pandas gathered on the far side of the field for a Notre Dame corner kick.
    — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2021
  • After the match, Schantz cited a potential foul on the second goal as the problem off the corner kick.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 July 2022
  • The rebound fell to Manuel Arteaga, but Muse got his body in front of the second chance as well to put it out for a Rising corner kick.
    — The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The game ended in a 1-1 draw: Horan’s second half aerial goal, off a Rose Lavelle corner kick, deadlocked the game in the 62nd minute.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 27 July 2023
  • Thirty seconds into the game, Catlin Gabel drew a corner kick.
    — oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Moments later and clearly angry as hell, Horan stormed the box and smashed a corner kick into the back of the net.
    — Lauren Tousignant, Curbed, 28 July 2023

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