sake

Example Sentences

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Now, as there was not the slightest evidence to bear Neale out in this malicious assertion, we think, FOR HIS OWN SAKE, he had much better have kept the expression to himself.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

Shall I beg and intreat you, FOR MY SAKE, to attend to the things pertaining to your true peace.

From Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island by Johnson, Richard

He himself gave the old man a wine cup filled with the best SAKE, and rewarded him with much silver and gold and many other precious things.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by Ozaki, Yei Theodora

Some of them must have been born with your temperament; if they could do that great duty for duty's SAKE, why not you?

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark

He could not perform that duty for duty's SAKE, for that would not content his spirit, and the contenting of his spirit must be looked to FIRST.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark