How to Use goose in a Sentence

goose

1 of 2 noun
  • What’s fair for the goddamn goose.
    — Jesse Dorris, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Maara is a silly goose who knows how to switch it up.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
  • No other goose dish will please your palate in quite the same way.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Your neck hairs straighten as the goose flesh spreads down your arms.
    — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • One daughter stuck to a golden goose is a tragedy.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • What’s good for the goose is not always good for the gander.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
  • But what’s good for the goose can also be good for the gander.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Move over, pink yard flamingos and garden gnomes—the porch goose is back.
    — Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
  • One goose died in the incident.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The cotton-poly blend shell is filled with white goose feathers and down fibers.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • My first Ross’s and blue goose were birds to remember.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
  • This giant white goose plush is designed for comfort and fun.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Did our princess just compare her future husband to a greasy goose?
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • But that means spending the golden egg after killing the goose.
    — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Styles padded with goose down or lined with shearling are excellent.
    — Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2022
  • After all, if the plural of goose is geese, shouldn’t the plural of moose be meese?
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Blake Snell ran around the infield with a plastic goose and dropped it near home plate.
    — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Stuff the goose with the goose’s liver, prunes, apples, and breadcrumbs.
    — Town & Country, 24 Apr. 2023
  • It’s filled with an ultra-warm goose down that retains warmth and feels super squishy and soft.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The league needs to do a better job protecting their golden goose.
    — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Way cheaper and faster than sending an assistant on a wild goose chase.
    — Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026
  • When approached, such a goose might have made a feeble attempt to escape.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
  • For the Treasury, the Fed has long been the goose that lays golden eggs.
    — John Greenwood, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023
  • There’s something of this goose chase in the recounting of X’s projects.
    — Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The cover is made from cotton, and it’s filled with a blend of white goose feathers and white goose down fibers.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Forget hermit-thrushes; what’s the Latin name for a wild goose?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The not-so-secret stuff is down filling from goose or duck feathers that gives them their soft, fluffy feel.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Blankets stuffed with soft goose or duck feathers provide the most warmth, without adding too much weight or bulk.
    — Erica Zazo, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2023
  • Trying to track down the origins of this special burrito felt like a wild goose chase.
    — Robert Dean, Chron, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Prepare for fall and winter with the best-value goose-down jacket on the market.
    — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022

goose

2 of 2 verb
  • That’s goosed by Anaheim’s 8-0 record in shootouts.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Evan Engram was expected to goose the stats, and fell flat.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
  • Maybe a genuine boom can keep goosing profit forecasts.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In a bid to goose more scoring out of his lineup, coach Marco Sturm made some tweaks.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Now the company is goosing the Trumps’ stablecoin profits in another way.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Look, literally every studio gooses their numbers this way, so no dig on Universal.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Trump has been pushing for lower interest rates, which usually help goose the economy but can also cause higher inflation.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Trump has been pushing for lower interest rates, which usually help goose the economy but can also cause higher inflation.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • But goosing sales with lenient returns quickly turned into a logistical and costly headache for retailers.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
  • With the midterm elections looming, the pressure is on for the Fed to temporarily goose the economy by slashing interest rates.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • For investors, the main concern will be her reputation for wanting spending to achieve growth and her penchant for central bank stimulus to goose the economy.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Lord of the Rings goosed the American box office for three straight Decembers with massive ticket sales.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Besides, Nissan added a new Sport model that gooses the quickness temporarily in every trim but the base model.
    — Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Lower interest rates can goose the economy, increase employment and make the federal debt less expensive.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Trump thinks interest rates should be much lower, to goose the economy and perhaps reduce the federal government's own borrowing costs.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
  • That would goose revenue to $140 million, assuming two home games in the NBA Finals.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 May 2026
  • Bryce Young finished strong last year and adds rookie WR Tetairoa McMillan to goose Carolina offense.
    — Greg Cote september 4, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Unless the money supply is goosed, Americans will have less to purchase products and services that aren’t shipped from abroad—everything from domestic plane tickets to restaurant meals to soft drinks.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • What’s odd about that is that earlier this morning, Peacock ordered a second season — the kind of deal that was surely worked out long in advance, and announced the day before the premiere to goose the hype cycle.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Amid much everyday hustle and bustle, goosed by jittery editing, jolting camerawork, and anxious percussion, Noor catches up to his friend just in time for both boys to get sucked into a gathering protest.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The majority of the market is idling after a nice run to record highs and ahead of a Fed decision, while some idiosyncratic flows goose the mega-tech stocks and the S & P 500 with them.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The result for the tech giant is better engagement and improved advertising and subscriber metrics, though media companies trying to goose direct-to-subscriptions would have a tougher time attracting and keeping subscribers.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • From here on out, there will be publicity events, critics awards, and countless release-cycle media appearances, plus audience word of mouth, but nothing gooses a movie’s Oscar profile quite like a hot festival reception.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The cast’s sole survivor is Jessica Hecht, who pours miraculous warmth and complexity into her faintly insulting role as Colleen, the head teller, a morally upright spinster goosed by her flirtation with Sonny and the spotlight.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Adding the awards to the Grammy and Emmy telecasts would attract even more comedians to attend the ceremony, and the winners are almost certain to give entertaining acceptance speeches — which could goose ratings, which are trending downward in general.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So the decision has allowed Republicans — a party dominated by white people — to redraw maps to goose likely GOP districts by redistributing nonwhite voters who tend to support Democrats.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • The most probable path remains the baseline he’s been describing since last fall — debt grinding steadily higher, periodically goosed by crises or political irresponsibility, but partially offset by technological progress and labor force growth.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 May 2026
  • The hotel’s 88 rooms, including 25 suites created by award-winning design studio Jaime Beriestain, are understated in ivory, dove gray, and the occasional dash of teal velvet, with Egyptian cotton bed linens and goose down comforters.
    — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
  • The company’s Bristol facility now houses pilot-scale fiber processing, blending and prototyping capabilities—what Ponda said allows for the rapid testing and delivery of BioPuff, offering equivalent thermal properties to goose down while being significantly cheaper, at industrial standards.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 24 Nov. 2025
  • His marketing of Marty’s requisite warm-up jacket, worn by Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns and Frank Ocean among others, is a study in Starter-era NBA nostalgia and hype goosed by lavish co-signs (the jacket flips for around $10,000 lately on StockX).
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026

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