How to Use goof around in a Sentence

goof around

phrasal verb

• Momoa and Day play two men who notice the camera and goof around.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Momoa plays his friend, who also distracts and goofs around.
  — Staff Author, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2023
• The girls goofed around in the video, driving around Los Angeles in a convertible, and splashing in a fountain.
  — Longreads, 16 Jan. 2024
• Between takes, coming out of this grief, were you guys able to goof around and relax, tucked away in the snowy New England countryside?
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
• In one photo, Newman goofed around, sitting on the tricycle of one of their daughters.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
• In September, Kai hosted a 24-hour stream with Offset, during which the pair goofed around like teenage stoners.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
• The clip shows the pair goofing around together, playing pickle ball and high-fiving each other.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• The Indiana native shared photos of the pair goofing around in front of a tiled wall with a religious scene depicted on it.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
• The song’s video shows grainy, home-shot video of Rapp in the studio, sitting for the album cover shoot, and generally just goofing around — all signs of how she’s made it through a rough time.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
• Pictures included dressy dinner shots of Gomez and the bride-to-be, as well as more candid group shots of everyone on the water or goofing around.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 2 Aug. 2023
• One of Majors’ schoolmates claims Majors struck him while goofing around during a short break during a rehearsal.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
• In the bit, show creator Tim Robinson was going to be playing an office worker goofing around on a (fake) vintage Mac game where the goal was to feed eggs to a bigger egg.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• Sonic Youth also released a trailer for Walls Have Ears with footage of its members goofing around and performing on stage.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
• On Instagram Wednesday, the 77-year-old actress shared a hilarious reel of her and Russell, 72, goofing around with puppets while out to eat.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• The next shot showed Cavallari and Anderson in all white at a beach club, before a further photo saw Cavallari goofing around in the sunshine.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• McCartney also took pictures of strangers – a girl seen through a train window, ground crew at Miami airport goofing around.
  — Jill Lawless, Fortune, 28 June 2023
• Barbie at first held out the potential for sheer escapism, and make no mistake: hot actors goofing around is a decent salve after sitting through the Manhattan Project.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
• Over the past 10 years on Fixer Upper and its spinoffs, Joanna has remained even-keeled, contained and organized, and Chip has often been found goofing around atop a ladder or busting through drywall.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• Every Friday after practice, with the week's game plan 90-95% done, the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator picks his daughter up from school and heads home to goof around in the basement.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
• That starts with the first jolts of turbulence, which have the mostly young male passengers goofing around playing tough guys, then spirals alarmingly as the plane’s instability worsens and the guys’ jokes turn to prayers.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
• As Lennon’s keening vocals rise up, Jackson juxtaposes a profile shot of Lennon staring out at the sunset with a floating image of the young Beatles goofing around in their prime.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2023
• The accompanying music video finds the longtime friends goofing around in festive pajamas, while also showcasing the soulful vocals that has helped their group’s tunes endure.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023
• While a contingent of the people sharing naughty Willie images are simply goofing around, others had surprisingly sober-minded intentions.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2024
• In any event, the barrier between work and goofing around grew dangerously thin, especially as more influential people and entities arrived.
  — Willy Staley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• In an ironic foreshadowing of the film’s future, the co-directors, producers, and crew members often goofed around about the creative direction Talk to Me was taking in anticipation of submission to a particular Park City–set film festival.
  — Vulture, 17 July 2023

Last Updated: 13 Sep 2024