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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"Good gra'—why—why, my good gracious, Miss Barb! why—why, my good gracious!" insisted John March.
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
“But, good gracious me,” began Mrs Jefferson, with angry impatience.
From The Mystery of a Turkish Bath by Rita
And now you must want your tea after that long walk—but, good gracious me, boy, have you met with an accident, or what, that you're all over with mud like that?
From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)