good gracious
Example Sentences
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“You were scratching your head and saying, good gracious what are they doing there? It shows you how tough those people are.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2017
My gracious, my good gracious," laments a homeward-bound G.I. in Brewsie and Willie, "Oh my good gracious, oh my good gracious . . . my good gracious.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Oh, good gracious, why didn't I sit still? but how could I tell what was brewing?
From Neighbor Nelly Socks Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series by Barrow, Sarah L.
Why, good gracious, child," she said, "what have you come at this hour of the day for?
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
But, good gracious, Cicely, don't encourage me to gossip.
From The Eldest Son by Marshall, Archibald