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Definition

Used to express frustration, exasperation, annoyance.

Used to express surprise or amazement.

Used for emphasis

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Origins

A Minced version of for God's sake.

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In Context

  • "For goodness' sake, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages!"
  • "You're 47, for goodness' sake. Too old for this!"
  • "She's 1.98m for goodness sake! How can you not find her!?"
  • "For goodness' sake, I spelled that word correctly. I never knew I could do that."
  • "No salesman is ever a bore if he can make us throw up our hands and say, "Well, for goodness' sake! What do you know about that ?" Yes, surprise is the thing."
  • "“For goodness' sake,” Einstein exclaimed. “So that was the famous caviar!" He paused for a moment, then added, "Well, if you offer gourmet food to peasants like me, you know they won't appreciate it.""
  • "For goodness' sake, we go to Spain for a week and get new next-door neighbors! How lovely!"
  • "I thought, for goodness' sake, fancy them being the same!"
  • "They'll try all they can to deceive and to cheat, But for goodness sake don't say I told you."
  • "Well, for goodness sake let me know if I can do anything."
  • "I am not normally a stickler for tradition – I had a baby out of wedlock, for goodness sake – but for some reason I want Harry to be my husband."
  • "But for goodness sake, please review the plan and come up with detail that distinguishes each groups cultural identity and is something that the players can own."
  • "These young women are busy, for goodness' sake, tired and overworked, stressed, trying to find time for themselves in days that have too little."