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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Generosity is to do a kindness before it is asked, and to pity and give a man who asks.
From Arabian Wisdom by Wortabet, John
When you do a kindness hide it, and when a kindness is done to you proclaim it.
From Arabian Wisdom by Wortabet, John
Yes, yes; that is all very well for him——" "It is very well for me too, Mr. Heron—to be able to do a kindness for any human creature.
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various
Had he even remotely fancied she would ever be anything nearer to him than just a formal friend who occasionally stooped to give a bright smile or do a kindness?
From The Search by Hill, Grace Livingston