Synonyms for finish line

Grammar : Noun

Définition of finish line

noun line where race ends

Example sentences :

Carter broke an oar near the finish line, and it was all up then.
Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick

As he crossed the finish line, Bert was ahead by the length of a wheel!
Extract from : « Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer » by J. W. Duffield

The men shall be placed in the order in which they cross the finish line.
Extract from : « Handbook of Summer Athletic Sports » by Various

Every inch of her sails drawing, she swept toward the finish line.
Extract from : « Guilt of the Brass Thieves » by Mildred A. Wirt

A very pretty race, my dears, but shall we call this the finish line?
Extract from : « Saboteurs on the River » by Mildred A. Wirt

But could they catch and pass their rivals before the finish line was reached?
Extract from : « The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp » by Ross Kay

But Wayne Paddy shook his head as they descended from the stand and went toward the finish line.
Extract from : « For the Honor of the School » by Ralph Henry Barbour

The finish line is a "tape" (strand of worsted) stretched parallel with the starting line and five yards back of the receptacle.
Extract from : « Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium » by Jessie H. Bancroft

But with the finish line close by, they could not seem to gain another inch.
Extract from : « Guilt of the Brass Thieves » by Mildred A. Wirt

With a sweep as of the wind she went away from it, and got her nose across the finish line three inches in front!
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various

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