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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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.
“Musha, good gracious, woman alive, if that’s all’s ailing you, where’s the need to be so exact?” said Hugh.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
Jean, good gracious, don't you hear father calling to you?
From The Belovéd Traitor by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)