goof

Example Sentences

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The important question for people who want the truth is what any particular goof says about the underlying ballots, and whether it involves enough votes to be decisive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 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

Which is how something like “Hit Man,” which seems at first glance like a goof, also can consider some of the deepest mysteries of the human condition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

These goof sessions, which almost always ended as earnest talks on civil rights, often went on until Mommy got home from work.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride