Example Sentences

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He goofs off with the ball kids, who are closer in age to him than any of the tennis pooh-bahs in charge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 8, 2025

That may make it easier to get correct answers, but also can make the stakes higher if the AI goofs and makes a user uncomfortable or botches financial data.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

Sometimes, if people don’t understand what you’re doing, it is not because they are goofs but because you haven’t done your job as a satirist correctly.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

The long-pause humor here is the opposite of the barrage we expect from “Airplane!”-style genre goofs.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022

“I heard you. Maybe I’m too old to get mad, or maybe what you consider goofs aren’t what / consider goofs—it’s just stuff that happens.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech