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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024