For goodness' sake

//fɔɹ ˈɡʊdnəs seɪk//

"For goodness' sake" in a Sentence (13 examples)

For goodness' sake, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages!

You're 47, for goodness' sake. Too old for this!

She's 1.98m for goodness sake! How can you not find her!?

For goodness' sake, I spelled that word correctly. I never knew I could do that.

No salesman is ever a bore if he can make us throw up our hands and say, "Well, for goodness' sake! What do you know about that ?" Yes, surprise is the thing.

“For goodness' sake,” Einstein exclaimed. “So that was the famous caviar!" He paused for a moment, then added, "Well, if you offer gourmet food to peasants like me, you know they won't appreciate it."

For goodness' sake, we go to Spain for a week and get new next-door neighbors! How lovely!

I thought, for goodness' sake, fancy them being the same!

They'll try all they can to deceive and to cheat, But for goodness sake don't say I told you.

Well, for goodness sake let me know if I can do anything.

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I am not normally a stickler for tradition – I had a baby out of wedlock, for goodness sake – but for some reason I want Harry to be my husband.

But for goodness sake, please review the plan and come up with detail that distinguishes each groups cultural identity and is something that the players can own.

These young women are busy, for goodness' sake, tired and overworked, stressed, trying to find time for themselves in days that have too little.

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