goodness

Example Sentences

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His bad-boy swagger externally obfuscates his heart of gold, but his goodness and morality are apparent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“While Peretz was shaping an earthly culture that outrivaled heaven’s in its goodness, others were shaping an earthly culture that outrivaled hell’s in its venom,” she concludes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Thank goodness she was assigned this case; she worked in this very U.S. attorney’s office for years, so she understands what a fall from grace this is.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

"When I go in each day I think, oh my goodness what's going to happen now?" she said.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“I will produce him first—he is on the spot. Mr. Mason, have the goodness to step forward.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë