How to Use booger in a Sentence

booger

noun
  • This kind of waxy ear booger has plagued people for centuries.
    — Henry Ou, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Nasal mucus that dries up and becomes boogers helps keep you healthy.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 7 Apr. 2024
  • You guys, mucus—snot, boogers, slime, nose goblins, phlegm—is the best.
    — Sarah Fallon, WIRED, 28 July 2016
  • Use goggles and a mask while sanding or expect pink boogers and tears.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2018
  • No, Boogie Bites are not made of real boogers.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Pretty sure there’s a booger in my iPhone 11’s charging port.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Just the thought that Joey thought a giant oyster was a booger that came out of someone’s nose.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Pricing books, cleaning people’s boogers off of books, shelving books.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • From a booger buster to a videophone, these gifts make this amazing job just a little easier.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Aim to stay in the bath or shower with the door closed for 10 to 15 minutes to break up your boogers.
    — Alexis Berger, SELF, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Many people do it to remove the dry nasal mucus, namely boogers, that can build up and irritate the nose.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2023
  • And as any pet parent can tell you, the only thing worse than seeing these eye boogers is having to pick them out with your fingers.
    — Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 14 May 2020
  • Welcome to planet Earth, where everyone has some eye boogers in the morning.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 7 June 2018
  • One of the original flavor combinations was booger and juicy pear.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • To stop booger flicking, concentrate on pulling the trigger back and holding it fully back after the firing pin falls.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 26 Apr. 2017
  • That includes the strange tool used to suction boogers and the importance of tilting the bottle all the way to get all the bubbles out, or else.
    — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
  • If your reality of #iwokeuplike this includes eye boogers, don’t feel bad.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2018
  • New bat-handling protocols suggest using an air-puffing tool like one of those baby-booger nasal aspirators to puff air on a bat instead.
    — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • My poor sweet Bacteria Bear is dripping with unvaccinated booger-eater germs.
    — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Do Boogie Bites Candy actually contain boogers?
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The second camp offers children ages 6-10 the opportunity to explore the world of Ooey Gooey Science with an in-depth look at boogers, barf and slime.
    — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
  • With every new set of characters—a pack of kids whose parents are all cancer survivors, an expert skateboarder, two friends discussing boogers as a metaphor for life itself—Jason Reynolds shines light on another sliver of the neighborhood.
    — Rebecca Katzman, Time, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Tens of millions of downloads deep, among discussions regarding ongoing bear curses and the quiet art of being a decent person, Drew Barrymore has asked about boogers and Jane Fonda has asked about hope.
    — Brittany Delay, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026

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