How to Use goon in a Sentence

goon

1 of 2 noun
  • He was beat up by a couple of goons.
  • The era of the goon is pretty much over.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But the truck had been filled with guns by goons, who captured the girl.
    — Erica Thompson, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The goons of evil landowners have come to club the poor for stealing.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2018
  • There is no trick; the pencil would have made it into the goon’s brain.
    — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2013
  • But his gambling catches up to him, and a few goons are sent to track him down.
    — Robert Daniels, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There were four-foot-tall flames licking at the windows by the time the goons fled.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 23 June 2017
  • Get your goons out of Minnesota.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There’s even duck boats now, albeit with goons impaled by an anchor and buoy.
    — Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Girls were there and there were guys that were really extra on some thug, some goon sh*t.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • So the old way was the writer's dream and now Popovich has his goons coming for you.
    — Ben Golliver and Michael Lee, SI.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Adam wasn't killed by Ethan or Gentry goons, but rather Nicky.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 June 2025
  • The ideas the goons rioted to suppress had to slink away unheard.
    — Fred Dickey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 July 2017
  • Squads of goons carrying enormous guns line up for Statham to take on one at a time.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • No more random goons without background checks, and fire all who never should have been hired.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Goodie looks around for two seconds and clocks that Cole and his goons are running a scam.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Chelsea's goons are even tougher than those who have sworn allegiance to Bill and Hill.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 23 July 2014
  • The escape doesn’t work out so well, however, and one of the goons gets the jump on Joel.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The fear caused by her masked goons and their disregard of due process leaves us citizens afraid to leave their homes.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That is, until heavily armed goons arrive to steal a pallet of gold bars.
    — Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
  • The goons come around demanding money to not ruin their places of business.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But Bennett is not just a goon who targets opposing teams’ stars.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
  • There went the grouper, the goon of the reef, who keeps the population under control.
    — Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
  • In order to get those goons to switch sides, Hoffa makes a bargain with mafia leaders.
    — David Scott Witwer, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2019
  • In order to get those goons to switch sides, Hoffa makes a bargain with mafia leaders.
    — David Scott Witwer, The Conversation, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Both Cleo and Mitch end up being restrained by the tycoon’s strong-armed goons.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Oct. 2025
  • But with the video feed out, Jason made the call to breach the home after killing the lights, and taking out the goons.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Now her former sister-in-law has descended with her goons to hide out in a shack near Sinéad’s home.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
  • How did the ghostly choir samples of Philly drill pop up in Stockton goon music?
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026
  • Hopefully, the goon in the teal shorts who went for a sucker punch to the back of the head gets reprimanded very soon.
    — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 19 June 2019

go on

2 of 2 verb
  • And this goes on on both sides.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And there’s been so much that’s gone on.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The games will go on for the Huskies.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The trial went on for six weeks.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Evans would go on to win the season.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The show went on hiatus last year.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Where was there good work going on?
    — Suzette Brewer, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
  • So is that what’s going on here?
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There's a lot of things going on.
    — Noam Levey, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Some went on to play in college.
    — Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Both had gone on to study and practice law.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • The game itself will go on as planned.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a lot of that going on right now.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Look what’s going on over there?
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The two spiders would then go on to mate.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But there’s a lot more going on here.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Not just that, the statement went on to say.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Then go on a night hike and flip logs to look for some slimy friends.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
  • What’s going on with key free agents?
    — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • During one of those, a light went on in my head.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So that’s what’s going on here.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There's like this bait-and-switch going on.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • There’s no idea what’s going on out in the world.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • Lights go out, landline phone rings, lights go on.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If camp can go on, that’s OK with us.
    — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Here’s what’s going on and when the long lines might go away.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Robert Webber went on to play the role.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, for those who need to go to work, life must go on.
    — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a lot of stuff going on, and there’s a lot of new artists.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2025
  • This event has been going on for 76 years!
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

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