golden goal
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
By the time Decca and tall, blond Boud approach “the great golden goal of every childhood—being a grownup,” they long for a different kind of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Three of the four biggest upsets have been caused by the hosts - twice via penalties and once with a golden goal.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
Staal could wear the "C" as Canada's captain 12 years after the home ice triumph at the Vancouver Olympics that was capped off by Crosby's famous golden goal to beat the U.S. in overtime.
From Fox News ● Jan. 12, 2022
Harvard-Westlake 1, Torrey Pines 0: The unbeaten Wolverines advanced on a golden goal in overtime from Daniela Quintero in Division 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
It labors and loves, as it were a soul Whom the gods repay With length of life, and a golden goal At the end of the way.
From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
