goofball

Example Sentences

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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

This sincere tone dampens much of the movie’s goofball appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

Adam Sandler's much-loved goofball golfer Happy Gilmore is back on the greens for the first time in nearly three decades, so watch your heads.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

And she always treated Jack like a goofball.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio