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单词 finishing line
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finishing line

or finish line
Word forms: plural finishing lines
countable noun
In a race, the finishing line is the place on the track or course where the race officially ends.

finishing line in British English

(ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ laɪn) or finish line
noun
a line that marks the end of a race
The finishing line was now in sight.
The crowd started screaming as she crossed the finishing line.
Bloggs crossed the finishing line 100 metres ahead of her nearest rival.

Examples of 'finishing line' in a sentence
finishing line

When you cross the finishing line, all that is lifted from your shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
At Twickenham today, they are ready to flop over the finishing line at the end of an arduous schedule.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have to cross the finishing line.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And at least he was able to see the finishing line before he crossed it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Once again they panicked within sight of the finishing line.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Coaches are not paid to take their foot off the gas with the finishing line in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The winner is expected to reach the finishing line at the end of this month.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One competitor collapsed at the finishing line and was taken to hospital.
The Sun (2014)
England were trying to cross the finishing line before they had reached the end of the first lap.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Britain is in the process of restoring its battered banks to health and the finishing line is in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What a damp squib and sad way to end what is meant to be a race to the finishing line.
The Sun (2013)
The finishing line is in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In Melbourne his engine blew up in sight of the finishing line.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The surviving boats will have crossed the finishing line and a British man may be on the podium.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But now they are faltering with the finishing line in sight - three of them are loved up.
The Sun (2011)
He has a serious job to do if England are not to stumble with the finishing line in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
With the finishing line in sight, the players seem perfectly geared up for the final push on all three fronts.
The Sun (2009)
But he has had just one top ten finish since January and looks to have crossed the finishing line with little to spare.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was a big relief when I crossed the finishing line.
The Sun (2011)
Now, finally, the finishing line is in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Tomorrow it is certain that crossing the finishing line will be the fastest greengrocer in the London Marathon.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
After collapsing on the track as she crossed the finishing line last night she insisted: 'None of that matters any more.
The Sun (2008)
If his dream is borne out, he and his crew should be nearing the finishing line towards the end of June.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
 Crossing the finishing line on day six, I was utterly exhausted yet ecstatic.
The Sun (2013)
Has the look of a player in the world top ten, which he is, but too often slips up with the finishing line in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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