goon

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Private sector workers won the right to form unions and strike under the National Labor Relations Board, largely ending the union-busting and goon violence of decades past.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

The El Supremo, who sits “at the top of the stairs” in “Show Biz Kids,” becomes a blank-eyed, mustachioed goon in a stained, sleeveless white undershirt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

The moment they hear about these titles, “thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages” to the nearest bookstore.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

You don’t hear about this race as much as other competitive ones, because neither of the candidates is a viscerally comical goon or chilling creep who’d make for good copy.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

Neither of us had told my father that she’d bitten Dusty’s goon that night at the marina when he snuck up and grabbed her.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen