How to Use booger in a Sentence
booger
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You guys, mucus—snot, boogers, slime, nose goblins, phlegm—is the best.
— Sarah Fallon, WIRED, 28 July 2016 -
This kind of waxy ear booger has plagued people for centuries.
— Henry Ou, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2022 -
Pretty sure there’s a booger in my iPhone 11’s charging port.
— Joanna Stern, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Use goggles and a mask while sanding or expect pink boogers and tears.
— Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2018 -
Chelsea Hirschhorn Created in: 2014 What’s the most effective way to get rid of your child’s boogers? Sucking them out.
— Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020 -
Many people do it to remove the dry nasal mucus, namely boogers, that can build up and irritate the nose.
— Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2023 -
From a booger buster to a videophone, these gifts make this amazing job just a little easier.
— Adrienne So, Wired, 16 Nov. 2020 -
Welcome to planet Earth, where everyone has some eye boogers in the morning.
— Korin Miller, SELF, 7 June 2018 -
And as any pet parent can tell you, the only thing worse than seeing these eye boogers is having to pick them out with your fingers.
— Tessa Bahoosh, USA TODAY, 14 May 2020 -
The second camp offers children ages 6-10 the opportunity to explore the world of Ooey Gooey Science with an in-depth look at boogers, barf and slime.
— Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018 -
To stop booger flicking, concentrate on pulling the trigger back and holding it fully back after the firing pin falls.
— Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 26 Apr. 2017 -
Boogers or avocado mashed into your shins by a wily toddler?
— Jen Gann, The Cut, 21 June 2017 -
If your reality of #iwokeuplike this includes eye boogers, don’t feel bad.
— Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Jan. 2018 -
New bat-handling protocols suggest using an air-puffing tool like one of those baby-booger nasal aspirators to puff air on a bat instead.
— Malia Wollan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021 -
My poor sweet Bacteria Bear is dripping with unvaccinated booger-eater germs.
— Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2019 -
With every new set of characters—a pack of kids whose parents are all cancer survivors, an expert skateboarder, two friends discussing boogers as a metaphor for life itself—Jason Reynolds shines light on another sliver of the neighborhood.
— Rebecca Katzman, Time, 25 Nov. 2019
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