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

And remember one other thing: If you do a kindness to anybody you have to like them.

From Divided Skates by Raymond, Evelyn

When it comes to patronage, we’re all patronized: you do a kindness for a friend, without remuneration, and he accepts it; that’s patronage.

From The Dominant Dollar by Ralph, Lester

And away the man went, eager, as most British sailors are, to do a kindness to a fellow-sailor in distress.

From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Piffard, Harold

Owen's cottage was not on his direct road, but he did not mind going out of his way to do a kindness.

From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus