How to Use goofball in a Sentence

goofball

noun
  • Gus is a big goofball who loves to jump around and work for me.
    — Advertorial, Orange County Register, 15 Sep. 2019
  • This goofball loves to show off and will love you with his whole heart!
    — Maryanne Dell, Orange County Register, 14 Dec. 2024
  • His isn’t the goofball humor and high jinks that are as old as baseball.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • On land, seals may at times seem like bumbling, blubbery goofballs.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Anybody that knows me knows that my family is a bunch of goofballs.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The money will keep goofballs like Bosco happy and healthy.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Plus, Hoppus added what appeared to be some very on-brand goofball lyrics.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Is that even possible for this group of ragtag goofballs?
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Young will play Jesse, a lovable goofball and an under-thinker in a house of over-thinkers.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Most of the show is making fun of country music and running around like a goofball.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 30 July 2018
  • Adorable Daisy is as cute as her name suggests and an even bigger goofball than her picture shows.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2022
  • As Dylan begs Irv not to go, Irv begins to smile like a goofball.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The Beastie Boys were cemented as goofball artists and one heck of a band.
    — cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
  • What happened to the goofball who once played a caveman and George of the Jungle?
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
  • 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
  • Out comes a glimpse of the goofball behind Hugh Jackman’s star persona.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Yes, Lionel’s a goofball who was careless with his copper business.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Then there were the jug-eared goofball characters, which some scholars of the art form call halfwits, while others prefer snerds.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The character's death reverberates over episodes as the school mourns the lovable goofball.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Gosling’s character, Ryland Grace, is both a genius and a goofball.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Otherwise, the movie really is all about goofball antics and the plot almost feels secondary.
    — Parents, 1 July 2026
  • Brad Pitt tapping into the goofball antics of his early career to play a cool guy who’s also a bit of a lovable dope.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 July 2021
  • Haley Joel Osment is funny as Sean’s brother, a good-time goofball.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Well, as often as you are described as like gritty and determined, you're also equally described as like a giant goofball.
    — Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026

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