How to Use goose in a Sentence
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What’s fair for the goddamn goose.
—Jesse Dorris, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
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Maara is a silly goose who knows how to switch it up.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
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No other goose dish will please your palate in quite the same way.
—Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
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Your neck hairs straighten as the goose flesh spreads down your arms.
—Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
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One daughter stuck to a golden goose is a tragedy.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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What’s good for the goose is not always good for the gander.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
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But what’s good for the goose can also be good for the gander.
—Evan Dudley, al, 9 Feb. 2023
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Move over, pink yard flamingos and garden gnomes—the porch goose is back.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
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One goose died in the incident.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
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The cotton-poly blend shell is filled with white goose feathers and down fibers.
—Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
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My first Ross’s and blue goose were birds to remember.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
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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
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Did our princess just compare her future husband to a greasy goose?
—Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
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But that means spending the golden egg after killing the goose.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
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Styles padded with goose down or lined with shearling are excellent.
—Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2022
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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
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Blake Snell ran around the infield with a plastic goose and dropped it near home plate.
—Bernie Wilson, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
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Stuff the goose with the goose’s liver, prunes, apples, and breadcrumbs.
—Town & Country, 24 Apr. 2023
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It’s filled with an ultra-warm goose down that retains warmth and feels super squishy and soft.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
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The league needs to do a better job protecting their golden goose.
—Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
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Way cheaper and faster than sending an assistant on a wild goose chase.
—Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2026
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When approached, such a goose might have made a feeble attempt to escape.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
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For the Treasury, the Fed has long been the goose that lays golden eggs.
—John Greenwood, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023
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There’s something of this goose chase in the recounting of X’s projects.
—Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
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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
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Forget hermit-thrushes; what’s the Latin name for a wild goose?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
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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
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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
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Trying to track down the origins of this special burrito felt like a wild goose chase.
—Robert Dean, Chron, 15 Mar. 2023
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Prepare for fall and winter with the best-value goose-down jacket on the market.
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022
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That’s goosed by Anaheim’s 8-0 record in shootouts.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
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Duck down tends to be slightly less expensive than goose down.
—Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
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The prices will likely be goosed even more by bids from streaming services.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2020
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Evan Engram was expected to goose the stats, and fell flat.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
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Maybe a genuine boom can keep goosing profit forecasts.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
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The rise has goosed the company’s coffers to the tune of $3 billion.
—Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 8 July 2019
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The hope is that these policies will goose the economy and get people back to work sooner.
—James Broughel, National Review, 15 Sep. 2020
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Now, just under the gun, blue chip sellers are using the looming deadline to try to goose sales.
—Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
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In a bid to goose more scoring out of his lineup, coach Marco Sturm made some tweaks.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
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The Bruins simply didn’t goose them over the goal line after all the effort to get the puck there.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2021
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To goose the birthrate, the government has handed out baby bonuses.
—New York Times, 22 May 2021
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Writers were happy to note the superstition, either to goose it along or knock it down.
—Washington Post, 31 May 2021
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As any sports fan will tell you, goose eggs typically don’t lead to a breakfast of champions.
—Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 24 May 2021
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Hints of the old Tiger have tantalized fans and goosed TV ratings.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
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Shows how much the Vegas folks are counting on the Raiders to goose their economy.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 28 Mar. 2020
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However, it’s made out of water-repellent fibers and dries more quickly than duck or goose down.
—Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021
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In any case, the news about GameStop’s new directions didn’t do anything to goose the shares higher.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
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This would give stars the ability to promote their upcoming films, which in turn could goose box office returns.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
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With a mix of goose feathers and goose down filling, the comforter has a medium weight, and the outside is made of breathable cotton.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
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And much of that push is coming from activist hedge funds, many of which are incentivized to goose their own investment returns in the near term.
—Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 21 May 2018
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For the main course, roast turkey or goose with cranberry sauce, caramel sweet potatoes, celery au gratin, pickled peaches and cider.
—Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 23 Dec. 2020
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The risk from the Vision Fund’s ties to the Saudis comes as the fund is taking on more debt to goose returns.
—Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
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Whether that ultimately means the final turnout this year will be low – or if a flood of last-minute voters will goose the numbers – remains to be seen.
—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2022
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Apple is trying to goose sales even more during the current quarter with a new purple iPhone 12.
—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2021
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Maybe Cauley-Stein is just renting himself to the Warriors to goose his market value.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2019
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The Nuptse Après Booties, made from recycled upper and goose down, can be your feet’s fortress against a chilly climate.
—Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
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In Japan and China, policymakers are still trying to goose their economies.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
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She was just presented with a four-bedroom house in Boulder, Colorado—goose its sale, please, begged the owners.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2021
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Every wrinkle the academy has introduced to try to goose ratings seems to backfire before the show even reaches the air.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
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Now Americans have to fear that the president will sacrifice their health — or the lives of their parents — just to goose the stock market.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 23 Mar. 2020
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