gooey

Example Sentences

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Employees bought a few boxes, cooked up the gooey meals in a corporate kitchen and dug in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

It’s a little fussier than the diner original — with a bright, spicy tuna salad made with Calabrian chili mayo and caramelized shallots, plus gooey Fontina — but the payoff is pure, molten bliss.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

The classic starts with a buttery, crumbly shortbread base, topped with a layer of lightly salted gooey caramel, and finished with a lush chocolate ganache.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

When they take up the song again, everyone is gooey with romance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Mom and Dad enrolled us in the Mary S. Black Elementary School, a long, low building with an asphalt playground that turned gooey in the hot sun.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls