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.
• There are times to laugh, and times to goof off should be part of any team.
  — Mark Billingsley, sacbee, 11 May 2018
• So on set, who’s the most serious and who goofs off the most?
  — Kevin Nguyen, GQ, 1 Feb. 2018
• That works out to just under five hours per week of goofing off on phones.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 July 2017
• We were stuck in the car together for an hour goofing off and singing.
  — Valerie Complex, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Mar. 2019
• At least half the slides featured the two of them smiling and goofing off.
  — Jennifer Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2019
• The two stop to laugh or goof around between practicing tricks for their next gig.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• The brothas just run with it and start goofing off like in their Nickelodeon days.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 4 Feb. 2019
• Without naming names, a sophomore was goofing off a bit on the field.
  — Rich Mayor, Naperville Sun, 12 Apr. 2018
• Users film videos of themselves and friends goofing off or mugging for the camera.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2019
• McCormick shared photos of the cast goofing off on set, just like old times.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 8 Nov. 2018
• As the sound check continued, Puth goofed with his players.
  — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
• In between songs, the group’s members would sometimes goof around and push each other to tell jokes.
  — Susie Schmank, Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2018
• When Jake goofs off at the scene of a robbery, Amy reprimands him.
  — Sauleha Kamal, The Atlantic, 12 June 2018
• The point is that Twitter used to be about goofing off and making each other laugh.
  — Wired, 19 Nov. 2019
• My goal was to make music for kids who were goofing around after band class or marching rehearsal.
  — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2018
• There is less goofing off in the workplace shows that have been among the most talked about programs since the rise of streaming.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• But also, the Tigers are like the worst team in baseball — and were just goofing off at the end of the year.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Oct. 2017
• Gomez still goofed off often with Martin, her seatmate to the right, and Short.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
• Let loose today, preferably with some friends, and give yourself permission to goof off like kids again.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
• Who goofed up giving the thumbs-up and, given that the place has been humming for more than a month, what if anything can be done?
  — Jay Weaver, miamiherald, 3 Mar. 2018
• We’d get sidetracked with goofing off and Ronnie would remind us to get working.
  — Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 14 Apr. 2018
• The video is hilarious, with Eva cracking jokes the whole time and goofing off with her friend.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
• Clubs have sprung up to help those seeking it; countless young people goof off in their bedrooms with their phones for hours, hoping for a hit.
  — Taylor Lorenz, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2019
• The music video features Mathew and several pals goofing around in front of a white wall.
  — Patrick Crowley, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
• There’s Madonna hanging on the ground, laying face to face with a mirror, and goofing off with a friend on the floor.
  — Women's Health, 2 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The young men and some of their buddies had gone to Harriet Island to goof around and shoot off a handgun.
  — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2019
• Before, during, and after the games the idea is to keep things loose, so guys are always goofing around, making up games, filling time.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• Bendjima, 24, also shared a video of the couple goofing off while making a pit stop at a gas station.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 27 Mar. 2018