How To Use Goof In A Sentence

Sorry, that was a bit of a goof on my part!
He is disarmingly straightforward about his goofs and gaffes, of which he had plenty during his first go-round.
It's all crap, and the Democractic Party will once again goof up by taking the nomination away from Hillary Clinton. Poll: Obama gaining support with key Clinton demographics
As for the continuity goofs (of which there are many) - they probably would have been more obvious if the stupidity of the story hadn't camouflaged them so effectively.
If you happen to wander the corridors around our work areas and see us surfing the Net, rest assured, we aren't goofing off.

The original version is censored, using goofy Batman inspired cartoon balloon words to block out some excessively gory details.
I learned he had the same goofy sense of humor I was cursed with.
That is the simple premise for this goofy comedy. The Sun
‘Thank you, Kait,’ he said, grinning almost goofily.
And since sidewinder is going to send one - I've got to get the strangely goofy birthday card out to Ian Copeland. Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, OW
These, however, come under the heading of COLEMANBALLS, the long-running Private Eye column which records the goofs of sports commentators.
I was in the 'goofball' part of my cycle, but it didn't matter. A Fire Upon the Deep
Despite the spectacular opening and frequent nods to the original movie, the goofy humour of earlier offerings is sadly absent. The Sun
Aaaaaaand time to call it a night. chaosreality is in dutch with his girl, dravengodvamp's chatting online, the booze has shifted from goofy laughter to deep introspective discussion, and I have to be at the rehab house in 5.5 hours to see Ray, so I better get my happy ass to bed. Voice Post
These days, computers are programmed to acknowledge errors in less than graceful ways when something goes wrong: They flash a brusque error message, telling you that you have goofed.
He stands to guide me to the door, then stops to point out a photo of himself looking somewhat starstruck and goofy-grinned beside four hoary men, his mayoral predecessors.
I reply that it sounds like he was pretty loved-up when he wrote the album – it contains three hallmark Hannon love songs – and at first he offers "no comment", but there's a goofy grin on his face that gives him away. Neil Hannon: 'I was born old. I was an old man trapped in a young man's body'
At best, the show plays out like a character study of two opposing personalities, one of whom wears the iciness of an assassin on his sleeve, while the other is a loveable goof.
Many Canadians will quickly dismiss Coulter as a goof, which is just as easy as her dismissing Canadians as a bunch of beer-guzzling hosers. London Free Press
Joseph Millson also captures exactly the shy, goofily smiling tentativeness of the dentist who is afraid of total commitment. Review | Theatre | Rocket to the Moon | Venue | Michael Billington
The more time and energy they spend on depicting Sen. Clinton or any other Democrat as "unlikable," all we have to do is remind them of the "likable" goof who's been sitting in the Oval Office for the last six years. What's Not to Like?
This kind of metafictional goofing around was a common convention of the Looney Tunes cartoons, which often referred implicitly or explicitly to the offscreen animator, with characters looking upward in this way to get the attention of the artists a device most famously used in Chuck Jones' Duck Amuck a few years earlier. The Girl Can't Help It
As his views and his persona both became better known, he was widely regarded as a goofball.
I was also pleased by the distinct lack of annoyingly goofy, stupid characters.
They wanted to do the whole, "let's jump and taken a picture mid air!" thing and it resulted in my just holding down the shutter button as everyone kind of goofed off ... it's a bit more fun than just shooting video (which my camera doesn't do). Thing-a-day 2010
The only thing better then the cartoon is the Leave it to Beaver advertisement that that goofy NC rethug has. Weenie of the Week #30 for 2006
Those that have mastered the trick fall into a special category that is neither regular or goofy foot, but switch foot.
All Morris has done is to give these unpersons an opportunity to demonstrate the fact that they'll do anything to get a chauffeured car, a Styrofoam beaker of tea and five minutes in the green room goofing out with others of their ilk.
Pure frothy escapism, but the two stars make the most of a goofy script. Times, Sunday Times
The downer is that you need to be a goofy Hyperspace member to check it out online otherwise scroll down the page past all the nerdy posts to see US airtimes. November 2004
The show gets off to a strong start with the title tune and the goofy "Funky Fried Piece Of Man Meat," but slows down later as the drama takes over. Michael Giltz: Theater: New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) #1 Kissless, Crazy, Cartoonish!
So they decided to take them to an uninhabited planet that would serve as an asylum and where they could roam free and act goofy. Christianity Today
And a redheaded goofball named Grant sticks his fist in his mouth.
He goofed, he got it wrong, and again, the select committee has had to fix up his mistake.
Between songs you get Chris talking straight to the camera, making goofy self-deprecating jokes in his aw-shucks kind of way.
He looked so handsome and innocent, just standing there with a stupid, goofy grin on his face.
Desperate to extricate herself from the situation, she ends up at the "Cat Bureau" where she gets help from Baron, a living porcelain cat figurine with refined manners, a Puss-'n'-Boots-style of omnicompetence, and a couple of goofball sidekicks. Archive 2007-09-01
‘Sounds simple enough,’ I breathed, beginning to sweat, ‘But what if I goof up?’
He was kind of goofy and maybe even a little naïve, with an innocent smile on his face.
The band's catalogue goofs on everything from country to wailing metal.
He is disarmingly straightforward about his goofs and gaffes, of which he had plenty during his first go-round.
She has been trying to design Scissors Crab, a plastic crab with goofy eyes on springs and pincers that can cut paper.
I'd rather see her with someone who appreciates her goofiness and cheesiness than someone who finds it annoying and wants to change her.
So, this August, I decided that I needed some justification for playing, dozing, gazing, ambling and goofing off without guilt.
His facial expression never changed from its goofy, surreal state.
Matt Wilkinson is recognised as one of Australia's best young guns and the goofy-footer has his sights set firmly on the ASP World Tour. Broadbandsports.com -
That particular one is one of the goofiest of them all, but there are a million other goofy ones--"fusion" was one that people used for years. Mike Ragogna: What's It All About: Chatting with Pat Metheny, Jonathan Elias, and Viva Voce
There was Mark, in all his geeky glory, grinning goofily in a black-and-white photo. Jerry Zezima: "Get the Picture?"
Like goofy, though, I view the question of whether a given word or construction is “logical” to be ill-formed. Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar
The goofy comedy set in the world of MI5 returns for a second series. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly, hip-hop was a happy and goofy collage of neo-psychedelic colours and a collage of musical genres put together by a trio of Long Island school boys.
Songs like ‘Woof Woof, I'ma Goof’ and ‘I Gotta Rash’ also add to the madcap insanity.
Off the court, he's just one of the guys — and one of the goofiest," teammate Hedo Turkoglu says. Super human: Howard, Magic's man of steel, has joy for life
Never go for the subtle quip when the goofy sledgehammer punchline will do.
My impression is that he thinks I am somewhat of a goof with the kids, due to the fact that I tend to throw myself into their activities.
I was working my way down my normal jogging path on S Street in Dupont Circle when a little goofball on a skateboard - maybe 13 years old or so - was coming toward me and stumbled and fell in my direction.
In part it's thanks to his goofy stage comedy. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, at the far end of the pitch, Roberto Carlos is goofing around, practising scissor-kicks for a Brazilian television crew.
A goofy grin apread across her face when she saw the card.
Then he called and lo and behold, I ended up looking like a goof.
During my class play, my friends and I were dancing like goofs backstage.
If you cool cats like classic hotrod cars, bad boys from the other side of the tracks, sexy blondes in tight shirts, insipidly catchy songs, goofy teen idol good looks, and the world's biggest cell phone ... this one is for you! Boing Boing
The ‘just thinking about a joke I heard’ excuse only works so many times to explain away the weird goofy smile on your face.
Newer: the password validation - even mmmm … I think the st. john’s mmmm … I think the st. john’s wort is kicking in. this afternoon/evening I’ve gotten some amazing work done. all the goofy little problems with the work order database are just unravelling themselves, ever so neatly. Mmmm…I think the st. john’s - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson
If u goofing up by assident, I mean not on purpoise, no1 reely gets upset, they just splaining to u wut teh proper ettyket iz. Young Skywalker – rest now you must… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
It is a lot cheaper than the goofy practices in the US, like rolfing (which just plain hurts), aroma therapy, shark cartilage diets, herbal cancer cures, bits-of-animals-not-to-be-mentioned libido enhancers and, believe it or not, equine chiropractors. A newbie Gabacho in Mexico
But he smiled that goofy crooked smile and raised his eyebrows at me, and I hoisted myself out of the pool, running and giving him a crushing hug.
Ed O Neil is the grouchy dad, Sofia Vergara is the feisty mom, Ty Burrell is the goofy dad. NBC Interested in Picking Up 24 | /Film
Hollywood's show biz kids seem to take particular pleasure in pillorying goofballs, which hardly satisfies.
And we goofed up a couple of times. Times, Sunday Times
Things go good ... get bored, attention wanders, goof around, screw-up ... another crisis -- more 'citement. Who Do You Say I Am
At least doing art, she says, is still incredibly fulfilling and a goofy besotted smile spreads across her face. Times, Sunday Times
Vocal tracks fare better, presenting skittish avant pop with goofy arrangements and nonsense lyrics.
Sounds like exactly the kind of goofball comedy I love, but I'll almost certainly have to wait for DVD to ever see this one. "Crazy Heart" director plotting what would be just about the perfect followup
Much of the humor comes from the deadpan bowling instructions voiceover that accompanies the dancers' goofy antics.
Its editors only goofed in spiking the Augusta columns.
Part of me thinks that they'll never be able to capture the magic of the original because there was no expectations for that movie and it was clear everyone was just kind of goofing off. Update From Will Ferrell and Adam McKay on Anchorman 2 « FirstShowing.net
HAMMER: That ` s a young Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney just kind of goofing around in the video for the 1983 smash hit "Say Say Say. CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2009
Basically, I'd look up things that I thought were funny or goofy, and take parts of the songs that I thought were good.
We goof around, but I could never be attracted to him in a hundred years. LEO: STAGE FRIGHT
‘I used to make a point, even when I was practising, never to goof around when I got to this hole,’ he says.
A bronzed lifesaver in bright red pool daks and a goofy cap is an Australian icon, although they're starting to wear shorts a la Baywatch or bikepants lately.
The cast was goofy and funny, while the action was plentiful and rollicking.
Aden was a year older than herself and she never saw him as anything else but her goofy nerd friend.
Sorry - I'm not being persnickety for the sake of it; it's just a little hard to accept your assessment of a scientific situation as having predictive weight if you goof up on the language.
Yes, the Gifford-and-Kotb pajama party starts well before 10 a.m., when their goofy, cultishly popular corner of Today commences one floor down from here in 10 Rockefeller Plaza. Kathie Lee Gifford And Hoda Kotb Mark 'Today' Show Milestone
His large head, blobbing out to accommodate goofy teeth and a double chin, made Trevor think of a huge pink teardrop. PROSPECT HILL
In person he is given as much to hoots of goofy laughter as he is to earnest reflection. Times, Sunday Times
Enough to wipe off anybody's goofy grin. Times, Sunday Times
For someone as serious as her, she sure was strange in a goofy way.
Same ting happend teh onliest tyme Ai ever got a nawt sekund–which was allso on one of these days when teh times got goofee. Classics: now with favorite buttons! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
His smile, now, was quite goofy and Sam grinned.
He was too goofy looking; tall, with thick, greasy dark hair, black rimmed glasses and he dressed like a lumberjack.
He treats his lip-synch sequences as if he's goofing on us, going for laughs, instead of playing it straight.
In Vanishing Point, a man known only as Kowalski gets hepped up on goofballs and bets that he can drive a white Dodge Challenger muscle car from Denver to San Francisco in approximately 15 hours.
Like, was it kind of ridiculous to close the Franklin tribute with "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" or would "Freeway of Love" have been a goofier choice? Grammys 2011: Christina Aguilera officially redeems herself
Sometimes he would make weird and goofy faces at his opponents during the fight.
I'm glad to have the readers, but don't let your bosses see you goofing off!
He was my assistant coach and just goofing around.
This social climate offers everything from casual chit-chat and goofing around to very intimate, meaningful conversation (and, of course, cybersex).
His strange mannerisms and goofy asides are amusing, and he has a comedian's sensibility for wanting to keep the audience at home interested.
We hung around, goofed around and laughed till our stomachs threatened to split.
Funny links to goofy stories seem to be included now only to relieve the tension.
He says, ‘I like to goof on pop culture, movies and music videos, then run them into politics.’
They all had a very relaxed enjoyment about them, cracking jokes, goofing through a Rolling Stones tune (and then turning it into Stanley Clarke's School Days just for grins).
If you goof up continually, then he or she will be blamed for sending you unprepared.
The band goofs about in a Blink 182 fashion, on tracks such as White Trash, Walkie Talkie Man and Fat and Proud, but also provides solidity and substance in tracks like Be Good To Me and Road Trip.
Ten thousand reckless little goofs get injured in our country's playground parks each year according to the Ontario-based Canadian Standards Association.
He walked over to her, goofily slicking his hair back.
Thurston Moore's music has ridden far on his goofy charm and teenage enthusiasms, his apparent artlessness arguably his strongest suit. This week's new live music
Had not Wray come up with this magical concept, I would never have enjoyed so many hours in garages and basements with other like-minded goofballs as a teenager.
Of course the thing ends with some goofy language about the person being a self-starter and a high-energy team player.
Hawaiian goofy footer Fred Patacchia said that if the surf is good, all the trialists have a chance to win.
While I was at the bar getting a drink, she was kind of goofing around by dancing/posing for her friends, so I shot her a look. Drbigbeef Diary Entry
The false leftist view of America as an evil dictatorship has gotten to such a hysterical level that two goofballs writing for the left-wing website CampusProgress.org were actually debating whether supporting the home team in soccer reinforces Ameri- can “hegemony.” OBAMA ZOMBIES
It's funny, it's goofy, it's more lightweight then a rice cake.
Romance is also key to Blimp, which begins in the midst of World War II and flashes back after Blimp/Candy is held underwater in that Turkish bath and a voice intones rather goofily "40 years ago...40 years ago..." to the early 1900s. Michael Giltz: Movies: "Blimp" Is Back! British Gem Is Beautifully Restored
The cast was goofy and funny while and the action plentiful and rollicking.
Less than .00001 percent of handguns ever manufactured have been used for illegal activities, and 99 percent of the time by punks some goofy judge figured ought to be out on the street with us.
The album begins promisingly enough - a menacing minor chord segues into a fuzzy, goofy faux-dance beat.
MALVEAUX: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama admitting what he says he calls a goof-off in high school who experimented with alcohol and drugs. CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2007
It was too easy to be silly and goofy and laugh and use exclamation marks.
Cox goofed when it mistakenly transmitted some 11,000 unlisted numbers to PacBell for inclusion in the state's most-used printed directory.
She fiddled about with guitar leads and made goofy faces. Times, Sunday Times
Among the messages, there were a lot of goofy, gushy stuff I sent to Kay, but here's one of my favorites.
Most of the middle section, where O'Bannon hunts down agoofy beachball-like alien, was added to pad it out to feature length – and later rehashed by O'Bannon for his bug-hunt classic screenplay: Alien. Dark Star: No 19
They can hush a student who is toying with the idea of goofing off with a sideways glance out of the corner of their eye. Archive 2006-06-01
His over abundance of cowboy enthusiasm is funny and goofy, a combination of Jack Palance from City Slickers and Jim Carrey.
We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.
Wright displayed considerable comedic skills, making funny faces, doing impressions and goofing off on stage.
He cheers her up, she calms him down, and together they manage to be sincere, cool and winningly goofy at the same time.
Whenever I think of that goofy crooked smile I feel warm and content.
As I wrote at the time, shortly before Time magazine named you 1995 Man of the Year, you were no longer just a bomb-throwing back bencher but a visionary who comes up with 10 new ideas every day, even if one critic -- actually, it was me -- said nine of them are goofy and one is brilliant. Al Eisele: The Newtster: He's Baaaack!
Just ask Scratchman, the goofy action hero who crusades for truth, justice and the Texas Lottery.
The proof lies in the way the story treads a fine line between goofy comedy and smartly written dialogue.
A follow-up commercial had a gray-bunned schoolmarm firing off a letter about the grammatical goof, only to be challenged with the jingle, ‘Whaddaya want, good grammar or good taste?’
She fiddled about with guitar leads and made goofy faces. Times, Sunday Times
There's a goofy, non-sequitur nonsense to it all.
In other clips, he acted inoffensively, if goofily. Week in Ideas
Just look at these musicians' goofy grins. Times, Sunday Times
Also, I'm absolutely sure I spotted an enormous goof.
She fiddled about with guitar leads and made goofy faces. Times, Sunday Times
They are kind of goofily romantic and they fall hard for everything and they spend their last penny on a lot of truck, you know. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
It's a movement full of goofy stumbles, miles away from the suavity of Mozart and Classicism.
At the end of the sequence, Raimi focuses in Maguire's goofy, Cider House Rules-orphan smile, freeze-framing on his blurred glasses.
Thankfully, the filmmakers don't spend a lot of time goofing on the era à la Austin Powers, and choose, instead, to play it fairly straight.
They were kind of goofing around, back and forth," Tymkowych said. Greeley Tribune - Top Stories
However, the question remains: with all these goofy and screwball side effects, how in the heck did it slip by the radar of the FDA?
When Cooper finally released me, I leaned back and grinned goofily down at him. How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
Now, I grant you, people sometimes goof on Larry's softball interviewing techniques.
Finn is a goofy, airheaded and sincere football jock. 'Glee' sneak peek: The boys do Bon Jovi and Usher | EW.com
More conventional bonuses include good making-of documentaries, two commentaries and amusing technical goofs.
We already have 9 goofy people in long, black robes telling us a corporation is an individual ... Sessions walks fine line about diversity on the Supreme Court
Beside her was Jason, a tall gangly guy sporting what looked like ninety pounds of hair gel, and a good natured goofy grin.
He walked over to her, goofily slicking his hair back.
So the goofy Greeks decorated their merrymaking in pretty bows and successfully sublimated their impulses with constrictive ceremonial routines.
Combine that with a soaring chorus complete with backing handclaps, and you have a hilariously engaging song that is destined to plaster a big, goofy grin on your face.
I want to say how badly the Government goofed up.
And if a local cop somehow caught a 12-year-old goof-off trying to Luke Skywalker a 747 with a laser pointer he stole from his corporate mom, would the kid go to the federal pen?
You'll need more than air and hair between your dome and the elements, and on freezing days, add ear flaps; better to look goofy than feel miserable.
ZOLECKI: The Phillies allow -- Phillies allowed their children, the players 'children in the clubhouse and Cory's child, son Christopher was often seen in the clubhouse, kind of goofing around with the other players' kids. CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006
Pritch is the goofiest looking dawg ever, next to Whygin Cork's Coot. How To Teach a Gun Dog the "Here" Command with an E-Collar
For one thing, while the goofiness is fine, the overacting is a big issue. DVD Review: Mamma Mia! The Movie (Blu-ray)
Sure enough, a few days later he heard from the personnel office - they had goofed and sent a rejection letter when he had actually been approved!
Either by accident or design, the Post suppresses its official error count with its weekly ‘Free for All’ page, where readers sound off about Post goofs and alleged miscues.
Somebody goofed and entered the wrong amount.
His large head, blobbing out to accommodate goofy teeth and a double chin, made Trevor think of a huge pink teardrop. PROSPECT HILL
Imperfect as we know we are, we especially value the hand-fitted custom gun or the hand-stitched leather holster because we see the tiny goofs, the nearly imperceptible errors.
A cute, but short, clip of goofs and gaffes from the season.
goofed" and they've responded to consumer's negative response. 5 Blogs Before Lunch
It might feel goofy, but crawling around the banks on your knees, hiding behind trees, and using the river's steep gradients to remain concealed can ensure a stocked creel.
Oddly, he cannot run in human form, instead he walks with a strange, goofy prance of sorts, head and body tilted back, and led by his tiny feet.
Perry gives us Reagan and Bush combined, but with their efforts to hide behind avuncularity and goofiness abandoned. Paul Slansky: The Imminent Overness of Sarah Palin
In fact, it seems a little rushed at first, but the time is well saved when we start to meet all the characters, and trot alongside this gentle love story full of poignant moments and goofy funny bits.
To put it in prospective … for goofing around or if I'm going to shoot in a situation where I wouldn't want to risk my DSLR's I have a Fuji S602Z. Do more megapixels matter? | Sync Blog
We see them rehearsing, talking, goofing around, obsessing over coffee.
Okay, enough of the heart-to-heart conversations… we ruin them anyway by getting too goofy.
He's a fun-loving goofy man - a good guy, but he does not live in the real world at all.
We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.
Perhaps the biggest goof is to drop the American from American Indian, as President Bush did at the ceremony while noting that ‘like many Indian dwellings, the new museum building faces east toward the rising sun.’ The Volokh Conspiracy » Native American, American Indian, and Indian:
So they decided to take them to an uninhabited planet that would serve as an asylum and where they could roam free and act goofy. Christianity Today
The design choices on this one make Jayne look a little goofier than Mal or Kaylee, but somehow it works. Collectible Review: Little Damn Heroes Jayne | Fandomania
WK aka batgirl (3093 posts) on March 15, 2009 - 2: 26am. goof. * gives ya a hug and noogies ya* how are you and luce? AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
Yeah, I saw it yesterday and had a big goofy grin on my face for about an hour afterwards.
By the pictures that I'm seen of him, he's a big goofball.
I've got the tape recorder in my right hand, and I goof up and push the wrong button sometimes.
The last shows some of the men goofing around in the snow.
The versatile goofy-footer is no stranger to the infamous beachbreak home to Puerto Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf
And then there's the goofy style of presentation.
Draper, 25, uses her show, which she describes as "Ellen DeGeneres with a splash of pink," to unearth the human side of tech and business leaders by egging them on to engage in goofy stunts with her. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
Live, they both played gutsy but goofy sets that had the crowd pogoing.
Mostly reviled as trash, I was one of the few that found the sequel to be a fun and goofy romp.
In fact, though, they are largely the same goofballs that show up wherever people meet to talk about free trade.
The turbot is a goofy-looking flat fish found mainly in the North Atlantic. Archive 2009-05-01
On a lighter note, Afternoon Delight also has a ton of fun with the goofier aspects of the genre. Afternoon Delight, Indeed: Carolyn Hinsey's Hard-Hitting Soap Book Is Here
It's a goofy comedy about three friends on a road trip/mission: they need to find a digibox (a cable box that gives you access to programming) on a Friday night or one of them will lose his wife. Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Wrapup: The Reviews, the Stories, the Glamour, the End!
Despite the spectacular opening and frequent nods to the original movie, the goofy humour of earlier offerings is sadly absent. The Sun
And it features plenty of the homespun surrealism, off-centre philosophy and goofy non-sequiturs that have given Young's work much of its character.
As much as it pains me to admit it, I'm a bit of a goof when it comes to being co-ordinated enough for anything more complicated than a walk in the park.
In person he is given as much to hoots of goofy laughter as he is to earnest reflection. Times, Sunday Times

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