goofball

Example Sentences

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Some movies proudly claim their B heritage, and so does this goofball tribute to the heady days of 1980s exploitation, which nails that period’s style.

From New York Times

It’s not the testament of a dying man but of a smart goofball with a taste for life, whom pie charts make hungry for pie.

From Los Angeles Times

The original “Knives Out,” made on a lark by writer/director Rian Johnson as a sort of post-“The Last Jedi” palate cleanser, was that rarity in movies: wickedly smart, old-school goofball fun.

From Seattle Times

Mr. de Hek has since denounced HyperFund in more than 130 videos posted to YouTube, some of them nearly two hours long, lecturing viewers in a style that toggles between goofball and scold.

From New York Times

It can be hard to remember through the sepia-tinting of our cultural memory that these folks were extreme goofballs and that taking them seriously meant not, quite.

From Washington Post