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
You can't be here all the time, Billy Louise—leastways you ain't; and Peter—" "Oh, good gracious, mommie!
From The Ranch at the Wolverine by Bower, B. M.
Oh, good gracious, if he had seen my wardrobe at home, or the housekeeping and the stable accounts!”
From The Scarlet Feather by Grefé, Will
Oh, good gracious, how dreadfully fatiguing for a sick person.
From Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World by Meade, L. T.
