Example Sentences

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The experimental vaccine takes an entirely different approach: It gooses the body's preexisting supply of pathogen-gobbling immune cells called macrophages, which engulf and digest bacteria, fungi and other bad actors.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

“But if we get cooler jobs data, cooler inflation data, if we get cooler spending data, that’s what brings rates down dramatically and that gooses stocks higher. That’s kind of what we saw this week.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

When the action gets creaky, Byron Werner’s photography gooses things along: He’s especially effective with low-to-the-ground shots that add a creepy surreality to simple setups.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Freshening the cocktail, Morton frequently gooses things with topical and local gags.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2017

At first I thought them Canadians also done something to the wild gooses and ducks sitting in the water so’s they don’t tear ’way once you come near ’em the way them down-home birds do.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis