How to Use goof in a Sentence

goof

1 of 2 noun
  • Don't be such a goof.
  • I made a major goof.
  • Try to avoid this poor guy's goof.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
  • When in doubt, slip into one of these goof-proof shades.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 3 June 2026
  • Now, the goof-punks with cute videos are having the last laugh.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Snow angels, group goofs and prop work with the football are back in.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • His movies are goofs, larks, stunts, knowingly arch bizarro-world riffs.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Dave is very laid back and easy going and everything is kind of a goof.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Duck Sauce put the fun in funky with goof-ball jams that really rocked.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Although snacks are a great way to this goof’s heart, belly rubs do the trick every time.
    — azcentral, 25 May 2018
  • Minnie is totally adorable, and Goofy is just a big goof.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The two do sped-up, makeup transformations and goof around out of drag.
    — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • In this award-winning episode, the show breaks format to goof on the murder mystery genre.
    — Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
  • But he was perceived less as a serious actor and more as a handsome goof.
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Puddy was a loveable goof who once painted his face when headed to a playoff game.
    — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Hannah was the de facto hero who Dunham could play as a willful goof.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The goof was first spotted by the Guido Fawkes blog in Britain.
    — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Most of all, Sierra can make almost anyone laugh and loves being a goof.
    — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 9 May 2017
  • Telltale may be nearly gone for good, but its spirit lives on through the people that made its games — and its goofs.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2018
  • But what makes this a classic Carpenter goof is her phrasing.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In the end, Güero — half-labrador, half-boxer, full-bodied goof — would pay for that folly.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The young princes and their mom goof off while snacking in Windsor Great Park.
    — Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2022
  • There was Cody, a tail-wagging goof of an English chocolate lab in for a check-up.
    — Author: Rita Giordano, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Oct. 2019
  • On the field, though, that good-natured goof suddenly becomes a colossus.
    — Dave Skretta, ajc, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The perfectionist and the goof.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Transportation staffers offered me a second chance and explained the goof.
    — oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The Chargers seem to have a bottomless supply of ways to goof in clutch moments.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • There were plenty of goof-ups, too — false starts, holding calls, penalties of all sorts committed by both teams.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • But Smith took the goof-up in stride when posting a reaction on Twitter.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 8 May 2022
  • Why wasn’t that snippy Mi Kyong being asked to stay after all her goof-ups?
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018

goof

2 of 2 verb
  • It was clear that someone had goofed.
  • As the sound check continued, Puth goofed with his players.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Gomez still goofed off often with Martin, her seatmate to the right, and Short.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Max tells him yes; in the meantime, Nathan goofs off for half a second with Kizzi and Joe in the galley.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Then, in the middle of dinner service, as Josh is trying to focus, Cathy and other crewmembers goof off in the galley.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Hosting a London reception to save the Asian Elephant from extinction, the couple goofed off with a pair of masks.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The roll also includes shots of Abrams and Clementine goofing off over the years and a final pic of Clementine blowing out the candles on her cake.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Not there yet The Raiders (2-14) tend to goof up most activities that have anything to do with acquiring a franchise quarterback.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Besides the many YouTube videos of Tesla drivers failing to pay attention, Elon Musk's own wife was caught goofing off behind the wheel.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 July 2016
  • The blooper clip opens with Bailey, 37, goofing off for the camera as a firearm-toting Johansson looks off the side of a boat, a serious expression on her face.
    — Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The 2026 edition of the competition — won by Aaron Rai — featured the players in full dad mode, goofing (and golfing) around with their children.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • As recently as May, Tesla’s X account posted an ad showing drivers with their hands off the wheel, goofing off while waving their fingers in the air or sipping a hot coffee from a ceramic mug with two hands.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
  • Feldman has accumulated a treasure trove of old pictures — funny and, in a bigger sense, heartbreaking — of innocent, pre-fame Kiedis, Flea and Slovak goofing off and hanging out.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
  • King Frederik and Queen Mary's children are all close to each other in age, and the palace's official portraits from the twins' confirmation ceremony included two cute photos of the siblings goofing off.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Dolenz asks his horse), commandeering the airwaves at KRUX, where DJ Bob Shannon has been bound and gagged, goofing off at Christown Mall and riding dirt bikes.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Pascal, who starred in the Marvel movie of the summer as stretchable man Reed Richards, joins costars Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach in goofing off on set.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Most bands’ B-sides were random live tracks, extraneous remixes, or goofing off in the studio — and Oasis did engage in a bit of that — but Oasis also famously burned off a number of instant classics as B-sides as if to prove this band was definitely no flash in the pan.
    — Jesse Adams, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Once, Oliver briefly goofed on Danbury, Connecticut, in a piece about lethal injection, and the mayor of Danbury responded by opening the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025

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