How to Use Goldilocks in a Sentence

Goldilocks

noun
  • This time, though, the Goldilocks fit feels just right.
    Laura Zornosa, Time, 30 June 2023
  • Finding the right routine for your curls can bring out the Goldilocks in the best of us.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
  • In a Goldilocks gag, Dawn and Eden have a hard time finding good seats.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Which leads me, like Goldilocks, to the third, just-right sandwich: the Pepper Steak.
    Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
  • Not tough, not brittle—sitting in that Goldilocks range of crispy meets chewy.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This pebbled leather tote is the perfect Goldilocks size that’s not too small nor too large.
    Paula Lee, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Finding the right glass is a little like Goldilocks finding her just-right bed.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
  • When a group of friends enter their home, Goldilocks, leader of the bears’ pack, decides to get rid of the intruders.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Life for a woman should not be a continual replay of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
    Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
  • This middle-ground aspect is why some astronomers refer to it as the Goldilocks zone.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 July 2023
  • Yet there will be no Goldilocks option available in the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas war.
    Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
  • In other words, there’s a Goldilocks interest rate out there.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
  • These boxers from Fruit of the Loom really are the Goldilocks of underwear – not too tight, not too loose, just right.
    Courtney Leiva, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The resulting model is a length that will appeal to the Goldilocks of seafarers.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • He was supposed to be the Goldilocks candidate, one just radical enough for the barbarians and just posh enough for the guys who sign the checks.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
  • Farrow & Ball Pigeon Pigeon is a little like a Goldilocks shade: not too bright, not too black.
    Kathryn O'Shea Evans, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Tree sap likes Goldilocks spring weather of warm, sunny days above freezing and cool nights below.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The Goldilocks of pillows, Tuft & Needle’s just-right material is not too soft or too firm.
    Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2021
  • Balanced, engaging, and capable, the Ténéré 700 remains the Goldilocks choice of adventure bikes, just right in so many ways.
    Bill Roberson, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Then, there’s the Goldilocks compromise of Mid-Beach right in between, with a laidback atmosphere by day and a livelier vibe by night.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Hopes for a Goldilocks economy—one that’s not too hot or too cold—have sent prices of everything including bonds, gold and stocks flying.
    Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Just give yourself enough time to fully decide whether your new bed is exactly as Goldilocks would have intended.
    WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Premium economy offers more room and comfort for passengers without the price tag of a seat up front — think of it as a Goldilocks middle ground in both space and cost.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Thats means smaller crowds, cheaper hotel and flight prices, and temperatures that are a Goldilocks level of comfortable — not too hot, not too cold, just right.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The end result is that the Goldilocks scenario of optimizing growth and cash runway will be different for each company.
    Rebecca Mitchem, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But this time, with the Fed brushing off recent hot inflation reports and economic growth proving resilient, we could be stuck in a Goldilocks zone in the near-term, according to Reid.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The innermost planets of the system, scorched by their proximity to their star, and the outermost, locked in eternal ice, bookend the real stars of the show: three planets residing in the Goldilocks zone.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Like Goldilocks, the body prefers an immune response that’s not too big or too small, but just right: enough inflammation and antibodies to heal wounds and fight infections, but not so much that the body starts to attack itself.
    Celia Ford, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
  • On Friday, government data revealed something like a Goldilocks jobs report to Wall Street investors who had been worried by a shocking data drop the day before.
    Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 7 July 2023
  • As if Goldilocks were seated within the Fed’s grand board room, policymakers will have to make their best call on whether today’s unpredictable economy is slowing too much, not enough — or just right.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2023

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