How to Use goop in a Sentence

goop

noun
  • I stepped in some goop.
  • Next to the trail, there are two small pools of bubbling goop.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Slather your face with goop, put on your goggles, and take it all in.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Grease and flour the pan for an easy release, or try out cake goop instead.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Where conifers grow along the coasts, even seashells sometimes get blown into the goop.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Usually the goop founder can be seen with her hair worn down and straight around her face.
    — Hedy Phillips, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Darken and thicken it for old and scabby goop.
    — Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The clear goop then falls on sidewalks, cars and anything below them.
    — Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The clear goop then falls on sidewalks, cars and anything below them.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Turn the heat under the larger pan to medium-high and don’t touch the goop.
    — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Believe it or not, there's more to a wax than slapping on hot goop and ripping it off.
    — Beth Shapouri, Glamour, 1 May 2021
  • Is building a neighborhood made out of shimmery gold goop a metaphor for a movie?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Seeing some scary goop under your groceries in the corner of your fridge?
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • What Goth is an old pro at is weathering goop being put on her head to make a life cast.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • What a slog, right through the goop that had been poured about 30 minutes or so earlier.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 1 Aug. 2017
  • No goop dripping out of one of the fruits tied to the end of it, robbing us all of that iconic imagery.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 July 2019
  • Some guys have tried every pomade, goop, gel, and cream in a 90-mile radius.
    — Andrew Goble, GQ, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Kids ages 8 and up can use this kit to make slime and goop, make a volcano erupt and chisel for gemstones.
    — Halla Mannering, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Skip the messy goop on the inside of your pumpkin by simply etching your design.
    — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Is this the least goop-y trip Gwyneth Paltrow has ever taken?
    — Devin Alessio, ELLE Decor, 14 Apr. 2016
  • Sanda stared at the goop and bodily fluid pool growing around her foot.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 11 June 2019
  • Tire-inflation goop can get you home and thence to the shop for a new tire or a more permanent repair.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2010
  • The earth between the pipe and the riverbank is covered in a slick-looking, bright orange goop.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This small amount also helps guys easily rub the product to their skin without any goop or residue left over.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022
  • For more from Gwyneth on her newfound love, pick up the new issue of goop, on newsstands today.
    — Jackie Frere, Redbook, 9 Jan. 2018
  • My kids squirm through an application of the typical goop styles, but those last much, much longer than spray-on brands.
    — Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
  • An enormous pile of goop, grease and garbage was found last year in Macomb County's sewer line.
    — Bisma Parvez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2019
  • With this latest special, fans get a peek into Squirm's colorful yet grotesque world of goop, gore and guts.
    — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026
  • Mama’s Daal is excellent to start with and not at all like the luscious and long-stewed goop scooped up at many restaurants.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Shrouded in mist and prone to spewing noxious green goop over windows, their true form remains a mystery throughout.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025

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