I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
goodness
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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.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
for God's sake
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For God's sake, shut up!
for God's sake
for appearances' sake/for the sake of appearances
for goodness' sake
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For goodness' sake, be quiet!
for heaven's sake
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For heaven's sake, don't tell him my age!
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Where was the kid's mother, for heaven's sake?
for old times' sake
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A slight drizzle appeared, just for old times' sake.
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I just thought it might have been kinda fun, you know, for old times' sake.
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Or even, for old times' sake, one of the left splinter parties.
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Then one day, just for old times' sake, I paid a visit to Winston Street.
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This was really just for old times' sake, just for fun.
for pity's sake
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A nation that might disagree with its leaders at times, but will pull together for its nation's sake .
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And yet this matter of the battle at Pilleth could not be left unanswered, for the sake of his tenure.
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Before long, people are pursuing change for the sake of change.
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For your health's sake , it is important not to let yourself get overweight.
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How am I supposed to do my job tomorrow, for heaven's sake ?
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Our mission is three-fold: To undertake basic research to advance knowledge for its own sake .
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She went right to the heart of things, for his sake .
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And yet this matter of the battle at Pilleth could not be left unanswered, for the sake of his tenure.
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Before long, people are pursuing change for the sake of change.
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She went right to the heart of things, for his sake .