goofball
Example Sentences
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“God gave me a mother who worked her entire life for me,” said Hernández, who eased on his elastic goofball schtick to exalt immigrant mothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The French have given us Delacroix, Debussy, Claire Denis and Simone de Beauvoir, along with some of the goofiest of goofball comedies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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
By the time the teen got home, she was embracing the spud as a kind of goofball Halloween badge of honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Trish takes Muhammad in for the first time as he steps forward to shake hands with Malcolm, pumping enthusiastically like a goofball politician.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
