goofiness

Example Sentences

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Finnegan is a shaggy black rescue dog who, for all his good-natured goofiness, carries the guilt and shame of being abandoned by his first owner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Glimpses of that ghoulishness arrive in scenes where Orlok is plaguing Ellen, but when he’s hunting and not haunting, Skarsgård overextends himself to the point it veers on goofiness.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

And just the goofiness and the silliness of that character.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

But it took until 2015, when the prequel Yakuza 0 was released, for the franchise’s earnest goofiness — the games unexpectedly switch between simulation, melodrama, satire and parody — to break through in America.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

But Brit-Brat's goofiness definitely made me feel like maybe I could vibe with them.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds