gracious sakes
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John Wooden’s saint-like wholesomeness, which never produced a rebuke more profane than “Goodness gracious sakes alive,” may be the reason no feature film has ever been made about his extraordinary life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2020
That thunderclap you just heard was John Wooden swearing up a "goodness gracious sakes alive" streak.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2012
“He’d say, “Goodness gracious sakes alive,’ and everybody knew they were in trouble.”
From Newsweek ● Jun. 6, 2010
Wooden was a religious man whose strongest exclamation was “Goodness gracious sakes alive!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2010
Aunt Deel rose and went to the stove and shoved the teapot along, exclaiming: "Goodness, gracious sakes alive!"
From The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller
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