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

I am the spirit of the man you buried yesterday by the forest path, and in return for your kindness to me I shall do a kindness to you.

From Canadian Fairy Tales by MacMillan, Cyrus

"I wish to do a kindness to my brother," said Miss Mackenzie—"and to my niece."

From Miss Mackenzie by Trollope, Anthony

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

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

From Divided Skates by Raymond, Evelyn