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How to use offside in a sentence

19 example sentences · adjective, noun

Offside means in an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc. Example: “My offside wing mirror got snapped off.”

Examples of offside by meaning

adjectiveOut of bounds.

  • That postcode, that's offside, innit.2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician)

adjectiveTo the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.

  • an offside diner

nounThe side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.

  • My offside wing mirror got snapped off.

More sentences with offside

  • The ref said that Smith was offside, but I think that Jones played him on.From the entry play on
  • Jones is good at drawing a defense offside with his hard count.From the entry hard count
  • He managed to beat the offside trap and clinch the winner.From the entry offside trap
  • Rogers got the thumb for shoving the linesman after being called offside.From the entry get the thumb
  • The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.From the entry disallow
  • The cross-bow rudder uses the offside blade on the onside of the kayak.2017, Nigel Foster -, The Art of Kayaking: Everything You Need to Know About Paddling, →ISBN. From the entry onside
  • They'd be screaming for offside and she'd say calmly, 'He couldn't have been.2012, Tony Bradman, Football Fever 3, →ISBN. From the entry on-side
  • And Martin Skrtel's late headed goal was rightly ruled out for offside.2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC. From the entry rule out
  • You have a 52% chance of two tricks, with one honor onside and the other offside.2000, David Bird, Marc Smith, Planning the Play in Notrump, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry onside
  • Might it have been any different had Leroy Sané’s goal, late in the first half, not been wrongly given offside?2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London). From the entry escapology
  • With the Swifts calling for offside the striker was through and only a great save from McIlravey prevented the opener.2015, Steve Grossi, SWFL1: Missed Chances See Swifts Relinquish Top Spot. From the entry through
  • A similar situation saw Gervinho play in Van Persie rather than going for goal himself, only for the Dutchman to drift marginally offside.2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport. From the entry marginally
  • Walcott was, briefly, awarded a penalty when he was upended in the box but referee Phil Dowd reversed his decision because Bendtner had been flagged offside.2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC. From the entry flag
  • Just before the break Villa were denied a second goal when Bent had the ball in the net, although he was ruled offside after Jean Makoun's clever pass.2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport. From the entry clever
  • He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths.1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 8, in Filibuster. From the entry girth
  • Clattenburg awarded Spurs a penalty for the third time after a handball in the area but he reneged after realising that the linesman had flagged Crouch offside in the build-up.2011 February 5, Michael Kevin Darling, “Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”, in BBC. From the entry renege

Meaning of offside

  1. adjective In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
  2. adjective Out of bounds.
  3. adjective To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.

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Questions about offside in a sentence

How do you use offside in a sentence?
Offside is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “My offside wing mirror got snapped off.”
What is a short sentence with offside?
“an offside diner”
What does offside mean?
Offside means in an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: offside (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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