How to Use goat in a Sentence

goat

1 of 2 noun
  • In the last inning, a home run can make you the hero, and a strikeout can make you the goat.
  • Four of those goats were killed.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Some may see me as Kyle’s goat.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And one of those fans brought a goat along to cheer on the birds.
    — Jeff Nowak, NOLA.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • This can be chickens, goats or sheep.
    — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • Sometimes a goat just wants to have fun.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This may explain my soft spot for goats.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Give the tree to a friend who has chickens or goats.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Younger children can join the hike but not walk a goat.
    — Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Chickens can roost on trees and goats love to chew on them.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Kids rode ponies and got up close with goats in a petting zoo.
    — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Not long ago, this area was home to a herd of goats that lived in a field.
    — oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Six goats and a rooster milled around in a small, barbed wire pen.
    — Kirk Semple, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Zemery will show a goat named Nemo.
    — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The menu featured items such as duck-breast tacos and young goat stew.
    — Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 15 Feb. 2018
  • That left two doors still unopened, one with a goat and one with a car.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The term is also used for baby goats.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The term is also used for baby goats.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Children ages 10 and up can walk with a leashed goat.
    — Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • There was a goat sacrificed for the film.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Goats were by far the most numerous and strange of the lot.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Four horses, a goat and a cat made it out of the barn safely.
    — USA TODAY, 28 June 2019
  • The halal shop down the block smelled like goat meat and cardamom.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Check out how adorable the 2-week-old goat is in the zoo’s video below.
    — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
  • The sheep -- though not the lambs or the goat -- gained weight at death for a few seconds.
    — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Next came the moment with the goat—surely an epiphany, but of what?
    — Spencer Kornhaber and Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 June 2017
  • By the time the yoga was done, the children were not afraid of the goats.
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2019
  • While goats handle shrubs and trees, five to 10 sheep may graze grass.
    — Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The biggest thing was cooking goat.
    — Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In an omelette with spinach, tomato, onion, and goat or feta cheese.
    — Ana Morales, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025

GOAT

2 of 2 abbreviation or noun
  • After that, the GOAT will give way to the kid.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • In Cameron’s eyes, White was and is the all-out GOAT.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Tom Brady is game for a fellow GOAT to play him in a biopic.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Tom is [Dwyane's] GOAT in the NFL.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Does Stephen Curry play a role in the 'GOAT' movie?
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • They were all eclipsed not by the GOAT, but the other Jordon.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There is a reason many soccer observers call him the GOAT.
    — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Despite the pun of the title, this goat doesn’t become the GOAT.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Shout out to my brother, FBG GOAT.
    — Gia Peppers, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Empower Field was the one mountain too high for even the GOAT to climb.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Lisa Leslie is the first to tell you the GOAT conversation is wide open now.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Heyman then called himself the GOAT to a huge reaction.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • No, there wasn’t a hat trick from the GOAT, nor were there 15 saves from a 37-year-old goalie.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Jokic got it next, became the franchise’s GOAT, and cue the awkward.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Long, like any good GOAT, lapsed into familiar modern sport-speak.
    — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Djokovic is widely considered the GOAT of men’s tennis.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Now Shiffrin, the new GOAT, seemed primed to get them to the top step of the podium together.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Some people would try to play down the Winter Olympics GOAT label.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Ali, the undisputed GOAT, hometown hero turned global icon.
    — Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Stephen Curry is a producer and voice actor on GOAT.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • There might be perfect stories, which is why Michael Jordan is the GOAT to many.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Unsurprisingly, one of the GOAT's of the game doesn't love the idea of missing time.
    — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Tipping considered the Warriors star to be the kind of GOAT all of us can admire.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Olympic gymnastics kicks off in under 48 hours and the GOAT is looking razor sharp.
    — NBC News, 25 July 2024
  • Folate- and iron-rich Spinach is the choice of Popeye the sailor man and Tom Brady the GOAT.
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But in pickleball, a relatively new sport, the GOAT is just 19 years old.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 May 2026
  • Ahead of its retail arrival, resale marketplace GOAT has shared the detailed look at the sneaker yet.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • And the 19-year-old pickleball phenom who’s already being called the sport’s GOAT.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 May 2026
  • But the last word in GOAT debates isn’t individual honors.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Your Stranger Things castmate David Harbour also has a role in GOAT.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026

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