How to Use onside kick in a Sentence

onside kick

noun
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  • After the onside kick, Sanders took a knee twice to run out the clock.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2022
  • But the Rams failed to recover the onside kick, and the Bengals ran out the clock.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The Jags onside kick attempt failed and the Texans held on to win.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The Trojans recovered an onside kick to milk the rest of the clock.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But the 49ers recovered the onside kick and time ran out for the Lions.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • But the Aztecs recovered an onside kick and ran out the clock.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The Eagles recovered the onside kick, and Hurts kneeled out the clock.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The Jets then recovered the onside kick at their own 47 and marched down the field for the game-winner on a third-and-10 play.
    — Chris Easterling, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Nick Neiman may have saved this thing when a very late onside kick bounced off Joshua Palmer.
    — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Troy tried for an onside kick, but the Panthers recovered and ran out the clock for the win.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 2020
  • The call to go for the onside kick with six minutes left was a good one and ASU very nearly pulled that off.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The Seminoles scored 14 points in the final nine minutes, setting up a botched onside kick that gave the Gators the ball and the win.
    — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Having no timeouts left, the Bills were forced to try an onside kick.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • That set the stage for the onside kick that was recovered by the Red Wolves, but called back by penalty.
    — Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The Rams did not fall victim to an onside kick, ending a two-game streak.
    — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The Toreros recovered an onside kick to open the second half and couldn’t score.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
  • But when the Chargers failed to recover the onside kick that followed, the game was over.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
  • After the Wave scored again to close the gap to 44-28, Fritz called for another onside kick.
    — G Smith, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2020
  • First, Edinger’s onside kick took the kind of big second bounce kickers seek.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • But the Spartans recovered the onside kick to put it away.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Forest Hill opened the game with an onside kick attempt, but the ball failed to travel 10-yards.
    — Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • If Fields would have hit one of them, maybe the Bears would have attempted a field goal and then an onside kick.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Clegg then scored on a 2-yard TD run and recovered the onside kick for the second straight time.
    — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
  • With the new rule, however, comes a loss: the surprise onside kick.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2024
  • With no timeouts available, the Jets tried an onside kick.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Against the Steelers, the Browns could’ve lost if Pittsburgh had recovered the onside kick.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
  • On the ensuing onside kick, Calderon recovered, and the Pack ran out the clock.
    — Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The drive took far too much time, and the Wolverines' ensuing onside kick failed.
    — Chris Thomas, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The Jaguars added a 48-yard field goal late but were unable to recover the onside kick with 25 seconds left in the game.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The other major change involves onside kicks, where a team tries to maintain possession of the ball by kicking it to their own players.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 3 Apr. 2024

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