How to Use goop in a Sentence

goop

noun
  • I stepped in some goop.
  • Turn the heat under the larger pan to medium-high and don’t touch the goop.
    John Kennedy, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The woodblock floor was covered in a grimy black goop, and an oily haze hung in the air.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Slather your face with goop, put on your goggles, and take it all in.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Grease and flour the pan for an easy release, or try out cake goop instead.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The goop Aspen pop-up will be open through August 12th.
    Vogue, 18 June 2018
  • No goop dripping out of one of the fruits tied to the end of it, robbing us all of that iconic imagery.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 July 2019
  • Go eat your summery squelchy goop in peace (and private).
    John Hodgman, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • The clear goop then falls on sidewalks, cars and anything below them.
    Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 21 Sep. 2021
  • What a slog, right through the goop that had been poured about 30 minutes or so earlier.
    Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Kids ages 8 and up can use this kit to make slime and goop, make a volcano erupt and chisel for gemstones.
    Halla Mannering, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Believe it or not, there's more to a wax than slapping on hot goop and ripping it off.
    Beth Shapouri, Glamour, 1 May 2021
  • Is this the least goop-y trip Gwyneth Paltrow has ever taken?
    Devin Alessio, ELLE Decor, 14 Apr. 2016
  • Some guys have tried every pomade, goop, gel, and cream in a 90-mile radius.
    Andrew Goble, GQ, 2 Nov. 2017
  • What Goth is an old pro at is weathering goop being put on her head to make a life cast.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • For more from Gwyneth on her newfound love, pick up the new issue of goop, on newsstands today.
    Jackie Frere, Redbook, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Skip the messy goop on the inside of your pumpkin by simply etching your design.
    Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Tire-inflation goop can get you home and thence to the shop for a new tire or a more permanent repair.
    Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Not one powdered potato with mystery meat and sawmill goop.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Now that's a lot of benefits coming from a little goop.
    Jihan Forbes, Allure, 12 July 2017
  • An enormous pile of goop, grease and garbage was found last year in Macomb County's sewer line.
    Bisma Parvez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The show stayed up for a week, as the fish rotted, the ice sculpture melted, and the Gatorade evaporated into a pool of sticky neon goop.
    Adrian Chen, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Jose Rijo had this foul-smelling goop in a Mason jar on the shelf of his cubicle at Riverfront.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Goop has since removed the NASA spacesuit claim from the stickers’ product description on the site.
    Lauren Le Vine, Vanities, 22 June 2017
  • Clean Your Fridge Weekly Seeing some scary goop under your groceries in the corner of your fridge?
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The oily goop also sank more than 100 feet, infiltrating the Floridan Aquifer.
    Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • This small amount also helps guys easily rub the product to their skin without any goop or residue left over.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022
  • The Healing Trip takes goop employees to Jamaica to do mushrooms.
    Jennifer Gunter, STAT, 17 Jan. 2020
  • This ties back to the Houston Astros because two years ago Bauer accused their pitchers of using goop to gain an edge.
    Greg Moore, azcentral, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Sanda stared at the goop and bodily fluid pool growing around her foot.
    Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 11 June 2019

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