noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
honest
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They promise an honest to goodness family holiday in the sun and that's exactly what we got.
■ NOUN
sake
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No reason why you should be treated like bone chine just because you've had a baby, for goodness sake .
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Why, for goodness sake , should it have been our planet?
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For goodness sake , what made you think David Chester would walk into this in the first place?
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Whatever happened to punishment, for goodness sake ?
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For goodness sake , girl, you must stop this silly habit.
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It was supposed to be June, for goodness sake , but still the chill shot through my body.
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Oh for goodness sake , let's keep is that way.
■ VERB
thank
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Have passed them all, thank goodness .
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Stairs lead to where the children will be sequestered and it has twin beds and its own bathroom, thank goodness .
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But she's slept well today, thank goodness .
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And the politicians, thank goodness , have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
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Not a lot of domestic politics about, thank goodness !
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And in the case of this campaign, thank goodness .
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The first is: thank goodness for insurance.
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But this year, thank goodness , I had somewhere to go to.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Heaven/God/who/goodness knows!
do sth out of the goodness of your heart
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Surely even an idiot must realise that they wouldn't donate this huge amount out of the goodness of their hearts .
for God's/Christ's/goodness'/Heaven's/Pete's sake
gracious (me)!/good gracious!/goodness gracious!
my goodness/my God etc
thank God/goodness/heavens
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Thank God the semester's almost over!
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A spare room with no room mate was available, thank goodness, at the Loch Leven Hotel.
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All I can say in these hectic times is thank goodness for Marks & Spencer's prepared meals.
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And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
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He was leaving, thank goodness!
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There was no sign of him now, thank goodness.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Anne believes in the basic goodness of all people.
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His goodness shines through his every action.
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She had a wonderful combination of beauty and goodness .
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Walnuts add crunchy goodness to salads, soups, and desserts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And thank goodness the figure has been released in time for rotational planning prior to harvest.
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And the politicians, thank goodness , have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
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From an attitude of generosity, warm feeling and motherly goodness , she now had shifted into a mood of high hilarity.
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Not a lot of domestic politics about, thank goodness !
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Thank goodness she had not succumbed to the idea of having Alice live with her.
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That errant thought, coming from goodness knew where, made her heart beat an erratic tattoo.
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The distinction between virtue and goodness was not understood in modern times.