goofball
Example Sentences
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Against that dystopian backdrop, goofball mechanical athletes may be doing something far more valuable for their creators than outpacing our greatest sporting achievements: They’re making machines relatable.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Director Lee’s objective is not just to bring her audience along on an investigative thrill ride but to provide a portrait of Appalachian teenagers—the jock, the goofball, the self-described “weird girl.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Then there were the jug-eared goofball characters, which some scholars of the art form call halfwits, while others prefer snerds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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
And she always treated Jack like a goofball.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
