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
  • Where conifers grow along the coasts, even seashells sometimes get blown into the goop.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Usually the goop founder can be seen with her hair worn down and straight around her face.
    — Hedy Phillips, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • 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.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 29 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • Is building a neighborhood made out of shimmery gold goop a metaphor for a movie?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Sep. 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Mama’s Daal is excellent to start with and not at all like the luscious and long-stewed goop scooped up at many restaurants.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Goop has since removed the NASA spacesuit claim from the stickers’ product description on the site.
    — Lauren Le Vine, Vanities, 22 June 2017
  • Seeing some scary goop under your groceries in the corner of your fridge?
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023

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