How to Use goofball in a Sentence

goofball

noun
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  • This is the work of goofballs out to have a little fun.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Gus is a big goofball who loves to jump around and work for me.
    — Advertorial, Orange County Register, 15 Sep. 2019
  • What happened to the goofball who once played a caveman and George of the Jungle?
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
  • His isn’t the goofball humor and high jinks that are as old as baseball.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The Beastie Boys were cemented as goofball artists and one heck of a band.
    — cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
  • In the ensuing years, she was often cast as the drunk girl, the ditsy sidekick or the adorable goofball.
    — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Most of the show is making fun of country music and running around like a goofball.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 30 July 2018
  • Plus, Hoppus added what appeared to be some very on-brand goofball lyrics.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Out comes a glimpse of the goofball behind Hugh Jackman’s star persona.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Anybody that knows me knows that my family is a bunch of goofballs.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Kerr was part culinary Mr. Rogers, part English dandy and part world-class goofball.
    — Courtney Lichterman, Robb Report, 3 June 2021
  • It’s not the testament of a dying man but of a smart goofball with a taste for life, whom pie charts make hungry for pie.
    — Robert Lloyd, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2023
  • How a goofball rose into one of the most physical receivers in the NFL The season never quite got off the ground.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Although, as part of their act, Teller keeps mum, in person the two are your classic goofball and straight man.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2023
  • In 2018, Brooke Eby, a sportive goofball with strawberry-blond hair, started to feel as though her left foot couldn’t keep up.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • On land, seals may at times seem like bumbling, blubbery goofballs.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Check out the complete video below and catch these goofballs in Booksmart, which hits theaters on May 24.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 24 May 2019
  • Adorable Daisy is as cute as her name suggests and an even bigger goofball than her picture shows.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2022
  • Irving is perceived as a crackpot, or maybe just a goofball.
    — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Once on the ground, the goofball somersaults away from the ladder, only to grab the bottom at the last second and climb up again to meet the friend who abandoned it in its time of need.
    — Alexis Hobbs, Woman's Day, 23 Sep. 2015
  • Solomon gives his $20 to the driver, who hands over the ingredients for a goofball, a cocktail of heroin and methamphetamine.
    — Ian Wheeler, The Mercury News, 22 May 2017
  • From that moment on, Alphabet was less of a goofball and more of a yeoman, determined to win.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022
  • This time the Fixer Upper goofball is getting after it in a whole new way, and taking a swing at retail!
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Paul Ryan, despite coming off as a luckless goofball, has a lot of power, and Trump needs his support.
    — vanityfair.com, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Seven is the Siberian husky, the derpy lovable goofball.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 30 Nov. 2018
  • The big goofball is perfectly happy to cruise the expressway in quiet, frost-heave pooh-poohing ease.
    — Josh Jacquot, Car and Driver, 17 June 2017
  • Blair is a world famous actress, someone with MS, a goofball, a beauty buff, a fashion plate, and a fierce mother.
    — Keah Brown, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2021
  • There’s a Roger Miller-ish goofball behind the unlikely TikTok hype.
    — Sam C. Mac, Chron, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Casper is known as a huge goofball with a great mix of mellow, calm and sweet who loves everyone, including children.
    — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Lynch, a Forest Hill resident and Boys' Latin graduate, is the goofball.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 3 May 2017

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