goof

Example Sentences

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I asked Clark if he was worried that a 58-year-old player would be a distraction to the program, or seen as a goof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

"This is reputation management of the highest order," he wrote, criticising the "softest editing" which painted Sir Jacob wrongly as a "harmless gosh-and-golly goof".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

But, you know, we're out to have fun and we're out to goof around.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2024

Watching Englund be such a goof in his early movies is a treat, like when he wrestles a fake alligator in Tobe Hooper’s “Eaten Alive” from 1976.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

“Let’s hope I don’t goof up,” says Tim, comically bending his sword and shooting me a worried look.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein