sake

Example Sentences

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She did not rightly interpret his suffering FOR HER SAKE.

From Darkness and Daylight by Holmes, Mary Jane

Some of them must have been born with your temperament; if they could do that great duty for duty's SAKE, why not you?

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark

He himself gave the old man a wine cup filled with the best SAKE, and rewarded him with much silver and gold and many other precious things.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by Ozaki, Yei Theodora

He could not perform that duty for duty's SAKE, for that would not content his spirit, and the contenting of his spirit must be looked to FIRST.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark

Shall I beg and intreat you, FOR MY SAKE, to attend to the things pertaining to your true peace.

From Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island by Johnson, Richard