do a kindness
Example Sentences
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“You did not expect a guard to do a kindness for you—that almost never happened,” recalled Jack.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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And remember one other thing: If you do a kindness to anybody you have to like them.
From Divided Skates by Raymond, Evelyn
“It does not require so much eloquence to urge me to do a kindness, my little friend,” he replied.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
Now keep quiet, and think of something pleasant,--of some one you are going to do a kindness to.
From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold
It is pleasanter, they said, to do a kindness than to receive one.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)