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

“It does not require so much eloquence to urge me to do a kindness, my little friend,” he replied.

From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various

“Mother says that ’tis the only way to do a kindness.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

So, when the doctor come out of the house, I hailed him, and asked him if he'd do a kindness to a shipwrecked mariner stranded on a lee shore.

From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.