Synonyms for field goal

Grammar : Noun

Définition of field goal

noun goal made in basketball

Example sentences :

The Dauntless team wanted at least to make a field goal—to tie the score.
Extract from : « The Mystery at Putnam Hall » by Arthur M. Winfield

The principal scores in football are the "touchdown" and the "field goal."
Extract from : « Outdoor Sports and Games » by Claude H. Miller

Anyway, we were on Penn's 35-yard line and I kicked a field goal.
Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards

Randall lost the pigskin on fumbles, and when Wescott got it again they kicked a field goal.
Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick

Then Holly Cross decided to try for a field goal, but the wind carried it to one side, and his mates groaned.
Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick

There was every indication that a try for a field goal was about to be made, and Holly Cross got back.
Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick

A touchdown, a field goal, or a safety for either side now would win the game and the championship.
Extract from : « The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron » by Graham B. Forbes

Clavering tried for a field goal, but to the sharp distress of his supporters the ball went wide of the mark.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

But he was proud even to do that, and made a field goal that merited him considerable applause.
Extract from : « Andy at Yale » by Roy Eliot Stokes

It was not unusual for the ball to be passed from player to player after a scrimmage until a touchdown or a field goal was made.
Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards

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