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

Had he even remotely fancied she would ever be anything nearer to him than just a formal friend who occasionally stooped to give a bright smile or do a kindness?

From The Search by Hill, Grace Livingston

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

A man can never be too great to do a kindness to the humblest individual in the world.

From Anecdotes for Boys by Newcomb, Harvey

Miss Grant was not at all rich, but when a lady is resolved to do a kindness, she always finds out a way.

From Little Frankie at School by Leslie, Madeline