goodness gracious

Example Sentences

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I wish to goodness gracious that PBS were in a position to do that.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Katie Hafner: So Lillian, oh my goodness gracious.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

“The future of our American miracle is on the line in a way that I have not seen since, goodness gracious, since maybe I was in high school,” Mr. Pompeo said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2023

“And I was like, goodness gracious, man, this guy’s got to step it up,” Brown recalled of the parade nearly a decade later.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

Then, goodness gracious me! what a busy day they will have!

From Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman by Sampson, Emma Speed