goofball
Example Sentences
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This sincere tone dampens much of the movie’s goofball appeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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
And Aunt Clara, a 20-pound goofball cockapoo, stays by my side because half of her is an obedient dog and the other half is afraid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
