Explore Goalbound through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Goalbound in a sentence
Goalbound meaning
Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.
Using Goalbound
- The main meaning on this page is: Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.
- In the example corpus, goalbound often appears in combinations such as: goalbound shot, goalbound effort, his goalbound.
Context around Goalbound
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Goalbound
- In this selection, "goalbound" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, own, corner, looked, shot, effort and follow stand out and add context to how "goalbound" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a corner goalbound as the and block another goalbound effort before. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "goalbound" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with goalbound
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Will Aimson then couldn’t quite divert a corner goalbound as the Grecians threatened. (14 words)
At the other end, Blues captain John Terry cleared a goalbound effort from Giggs off his own line. (18 words)
Doyle later had his own goalbound effort blocked before Bennett unlocked the away defence, lashing home from a cross. (19 words)
A shot which flashed just wide from Ivan Sunjic before Bamford rattled the post with a low drive at the other end with Lee Buchanan getting in the way of James’s goalbound follow-up. (35 words)
Booed at his every touch, which was expected despite his contribution at Millwall, Wallace had a pretty quiet opening 45, though he was denied inside the box with a block from his goalbound shot. (34 words)
Joe Willock then prevented Saints replacement Moussa Djenepo from wrapping up victory with a block of a goalbound shot, with Djenepo firing wide from just seven yards out during seven minutes of added time. (34 words)
Example sentences (15)
Booed at his every touch, which was expected despite his contribution at Millwall, Wallace had a pretty quiet opening 45, though he was denied inside the box with a block from his goalbound shot.
Doyle later had his own goalbound effort blocked before Bennett unlocked the away defence, lashing home from a cross.
Forest could have restored their two-goal lead on the stroke of halftime but the outstanding Morgan Gibbs-White's goalbound shot struck Awoniyi.
Will Aimson then couldn’t quite divert a corner goalbound as the Grecians threatened.
A shot which flashed just wide from Ivan Sunjic before Bamford rattled the post with a low drive at the other end with Lee Buchanan getting in the way of James’s goalbound follow-up.
Brian Graham’s venomous volley looked goalbound before striking the outstretched hand of Kirk Broadfoot but the whistler was unconvinced.
It almost got worse for Halstead as Maycock's driving run ended with Cherry superbly tipping his goalbound effort over, as Rovers continued to press.
Mayo-Evans was in the mood for more goals and his volley from the edge of the box was goalbound, only to be denied by the goalkeeper.
City may have been level with nine on the clock, but Toby Alderweireld impressively denied Gabriel Jesus inside the area before the Brazilian inadvertedly blocked a goalbound shot by captain Kevin De Bruyne.
McCarthy saved a powerful drive from Raheem Sterling, a goalbound header from David Silva - after Fernandinho struck the post - and then kept out Riyad Mahrez with his feet.
Zapata was proving a real nuisance for Juve, with Matthijs de Ligt doing well to block another goalbound effort, before the striker narrowly failed to connect with Timothy Castagne's cross.
At the other end, Blues captain John Terry cleared a goalbound effort from Giggs off his own line.
Joe Willock then prevented Saints replacement Moussa Djenepo from wrapping up victory with a block of a goalbound shot, with Djenepo firing wide from just seven yards out during seven minutes of added time.
Paul Murphy missed two, a goalbound shot that was tipped onto the crossbar included, while David Moran and Tommy Walsh also sent chances wide.
Courtois was called to action on 57 minutes as he stopped Rashford’s goalbound shot after Cesc Fabregas was robbed off the ball close to Chelsea’s box.
Common combinations with goalbound
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: