goofball

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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

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