gracious sakes
Example Sentences
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His angriest invective was, “Goodness gracious sakes alive!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2020
That thunderclap you just heard was John Wooden swearing up a "goodness gracious sakes alive" streak.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2012
“He’d say, “Goodness gracious sakes alive,’ and everybody knew they were in trouble.”
From Newsweek ● Jun. 6, 2010
Wooden was a religious man whose strongest exclamation was “Goodness gracious sakes alive!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2010
After tramping all over the house, banging doors and shouting at least a dozen times, "Ho, Tempest, whar for gracious sakes are you?"
From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane
