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

That last one, certainly; Jackie is a sweet, innocent goof and Guido is very funny playing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 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

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

The boys all treated the assignment like it was a big goof and most of the girls weren’t too excited about it, either.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers