Sentence examples for or goofball from inspiring English sources

The bad news is that many of us have become familiar with it through clips on television or online of bad guys being shocked into submission, or goofball reporters voluntarily receiving an electrode blast to see what will happen (falling over, typically).

Collectively, barbiturates became known as "thrill-pills" or "goofballs," and they became a frequent target of anti-drug campaigns.

"Who do you love?" is one of rock's great statements, one of titanic self-assurance in the hands of Bo Diddley, who wrote the famous song of that name, or of goofball braggadocio in the hands of Ronnie Hawkins and the many others who have covered it with libidinous relish.

The music is, more or less, Goofball Rock in the same vein as the Ziggens, Nerf Herder, the Uninvited and King Missile.

No more than kids running off to shoot cops after listening to NWA songs or that goofball who tried to kill Reagan after seeing Taxi Driver.

When Lucas goes back and futzes with his mythology — has Greedo shoot first or creates a goofball like Jar Jar Binks or makes Indy uncool by sticking him in a refrigerator — he isn't just messing with beloved movies.

In the ensuing years, she was often cast as the drunk girl, the ditsy sidekick or the adorable goofball.

She said claims by Megrahi's supporters and other Lockerbie relatives that he was innocent and that the atrocity was committed by another state such as Syria or Iran were "goofball theories" without any evidence.

Grange speaks of his writing, habits ("So often, I think you'll find, the fount of genius springs from a fountain pen of quality. This is mine: the Hark Cross Perma-Muse 1000")., drugs ("... no manner of goofball or vitamin supplement is going to stock the pantry of the heart with experience or insight").

But part of the charm of "Enlisted" is its "Bad News Bears" quality -- everybody in Pete's unit is a goofball or a screwup of some kind.

As one looks forward to a month of new fashions displayed on the catwalks of New York, London, Milan and Paris, perhaps only Marc Jacobs in New York, Karl Lagerfeld in Paris and Miuccia Prada in Milan offer much promise of fascinating spectacle or challenging aesthetics or even a little goofball fun.