goose egg

Example Sentences

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Don’t let the scoreboard fool you; it could have been an Orange Lutheran goose egg — so much so that Ellinghouse said he considered the game a shutout.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

I don't know how to put this other than to form a rhetorical circle with my thumb and forefinger signaling a big fat goose egg.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2023

The Nuggets allowed 17 3-pointers, including four from Max Strus, who scored 14 points after his 0-for-10 goose egg in the opener.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Miller, who averages nearly 20 points, finally cracked the big goose egg when she put her head down to force a whistle with 2:53 remaining in the half.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2023

Or she’ll say, That big gouter like a goose egg under her chin, that’s how I remember Mama Nguza.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver