How to Use goalpost in a Sentence

goalpost

noun
  • But what if the goalposts were wrong all along?
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Right along with the goalposts.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Now is not the time to move the goalposts on test scores.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Why does moving goalposts kill a deal?
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Stand against a wall and slide bent arms up and down in a goalpost pattern.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 5 May 2025
  • At that time, goalposts were on the goal line, not behind the end zone.
    — Brett Martel, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Lovett's goal saw his kick find the left side, just inches from the goalpost.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2018
  • On both scores, White went through the line and found an open spot near the goalpost.
    — Lynn Ramsey, orlandosentinel.com, 22 May 2021
  • Kickers want the laces facing the goalposts for a truer flight.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But those goalposts keep moving.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2025
  • At its most extreme, fans tear down goalposts and remove them from the field.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Baldwin put too much touch on the ball, though, and her low shot caromed off the right goalpost.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Bryant poked his head around from the other side of the goalpost and gave Aubie a once-over.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 23 Nov. 2021
  • There are no plans to build goalposts or paint yard lines in the soccer stadium.
    — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Boone Jenner, who scored to tie the game at 1, rang the goalpost with a shot.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The power brokers feel that the goalposts are being moved on them.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 7 Apr. 2018
  • But Churchill kept moving the goalposts on when the transfer had to take place.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • One save deflected off the goalpost to keep his clean sheet intact.
    — Christina Huang, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • When employers change the goalposts this late in the game - trust is eroded.
    — Jason Walker, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The, um, goalposts are always moving in terms of what's legal and what's not.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
  • That game marked the start of a three-game sweep, and suddenly, the goalposts shifted.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • This isn’t the first time that conservatives have moved the goalposts.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Or sending his field-goal kicker out when the goalpost is close to 60 yards away.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019
  • From there, sprinklers go into place and four thin pieces of wood are set in place to mark where the goalposts will go.
    — Tim Reynolds, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Brave ground staff painted the base of the goalposts black, to remind the world of the victims of the regime.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • No team is in the business of moving the goalpost down after a strong season.
    — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The metric of how an album finds its people — the goalpost is moving all the time.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
  • But the goalposts are so hard to achieve that even the lowest targets will be hard for Musk to reach.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Moving the goalposts at the finish line Here is a true story.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Trevor Daley angled the puck on net from just outside the left goalpost.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2017

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