Example Sentences
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Everybody knew that Sallinger was goosed on first, or second, viewing.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Meanwhile Nathan Johnson’s score of scratchy cellos and foreboding horns pairs well with a dramatic burst of organ music — one of many goofy-great jump scares goosed up by the editor Bob Ducsay.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Still, even if that report is goosed up, just look out the window.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
There was a time when businesses that weren’t even in the tech sphere reached for crypto magic by adding “blockchain” to their name, which often goosed their stock price.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023
They goosed the throttle, and the boat swung out into the river, heading north past the Navy and Columbia shell houses.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
