Example Sentences

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The kids took to TikTok and Instagram to dissect every awful thing Banks and the rest did in the name of goosing ratings, with many wondering why its audience barely blinked at its endless exploitation.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Cuts to the Fed’s main interest rate, which is at its highest level since 2001, would relax pressure on the economy and financial system, while goosing investment prices.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Walters agreed but wanted to revamp it by changing the name, goosing the program’s academic tone and embracing discussions of more personal interest to viewers.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Parton gives the hoary tune new life by flipping the gender of Rodgers’ lyric — she’s a “lady muleskinner” — and by goosing it with a hurtling rock-and-soul rhythm track.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022

Five or six more men left the porch and surrounded the fractious beast, goosing him in the sides and making him show his temper.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston