goodness gracious

Example Sentences

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I wish to goodness gracious that PBS were in a position to do that.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Katie Hafner: So Lillian, oh my goodness gracious.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

“The future of our American miracle is on the line in a way that I have not seen since, goodness gracious, since maybe I was in high school,” Mr. Pompeo said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2023

I said when I first saw it, ‘oh my goodness gracious, this young man is going to have a whole plethora of TV cameras in his face sooner or later.’

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2020

“Ho! goodness gracious me, ma’am,” cried worthy Mrs Laker, bursting into her mistress’s apartment—“if here ain’t a thousand robbers as is come for to pillidge the ouse an’ trample down the garding.

From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)