goofball

Example Sentences

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Then there were the jug-eared goofball characters, which some scholars of the art form call halfwits, while others prefer snerds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

This sincere tone dampens much of the movie’s goofball appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Yet in “John Candy: A Life in Comedy,” Paul Myers makes the case that the actor, who died at 43 in 1994, was more than a good-natured goofball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Adam Sandler's much-loved goofball golfer Happy Gilmore is back on the greens for the first time in nearly three decades, so watch your heads.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

There was a silence, during which I struggled for language to adequately express what I thought of this goofball advice.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt