goop

Example Sentences

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Two problems: At the time, renewable energy cost too much to make it affordable, and adding water usually turns quicklime into an unwieldy goop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

That beige-colored goop had small pieces of particles floating in it before it became stiff from sitting and waiting to be used again.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2024

In the distance, a white-tailed eagle soared in the clear sky, and Anne Günther, the veterinarian leading the project, smiled as she pointed to plaques of white goop staining the grass: fresh eagle feces.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

Train cars on the tunnel’s custom-built rail line carried the muck to a drop shaft in Ballard, where a crane with a clamshell bucket grabbed the goop.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

A Bunsen burner’s hissing blue flame was making a round-bottomed bottle full of purple goop burble and bubble.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein