SAKE in a Sentence

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226 example sentences for SAKE, such as:

1. All must toil for freedom's sake.
2. Father loved me, first, for her sake.
3. I am interested in him for his own sake.
4. Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake.
5. I have risked enough already for your sake.

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 Meanings and Examples of SAKE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sake
 n.  purpose; reason for wanting something done
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  All must toil for freedom's sake.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
2  It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  You seem pretty sure of him," said he; "and for your sake, I hope you may be right.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
4  From the first he had sought to conciliate that gentleman, for the sake of the deserted girl.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
5  Father loved me, first, for her sake.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX
6  I am interested in him for his own sake.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
7  Let me entreat you, for your own sake and for hers, to be more quiet.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
8  They might be whomsoever they pleased," replied Wamba; "but my neck stands too straight upon my shoulders to have it twisted for their sake.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  I have risked enough already for your sake.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  I have no mind to encounter a sentence of degradation, or even to lose my Preceptory, for the sake of a painted piece of Jewish flesh and blood.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
11  I will give the hoary bigot no advantage over me; and for Rebecca, she hath not merited at my hand that I should expose rank and honour for her sake.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  Surely," said the worthy churchman; "you shall have mine own ambling jennet, and I would it ambled as easy for your sake as that of the Abbot of Saint Albans.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
13  Be it so," said the King; "but for thine own sake tax me not with usurpation now.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
14  For God's sake, all of you, say spiteful things about me, then I shall know I mean something to you.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
15  I was always saying: go to a good instructive film, but do for goodness sake keep away from these melodramas and love films.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Let's assume for the sake of argument that we can't start till March.
2  Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake.
3  For the sake of historical accuracy, please permit us to state the true facts.
4  For the sake of simplicity, let's divide the discussion into two parts.
5  Many claimed to be environmental refugees, leaving for the sake of their health.
6  If you love a girl, it's better to fight for her happiness than to abandon her for the sake of her happiness.
7  I stopped smoking for the sake of my health.
8  Your sister is trying to read;please be quiet for her sake.
9  For the sake of completeness I should mention one further argument.
10  He had married her principally for the sake of her father's property.
11  For heaven's sake let's keep to the point or we'll never reach any decisions.
12  Aircraft manufacturers want to reduce vibration for the sake of safety.
13  "I could dare it for the sake of any friend who deserved my adherence; as you, I am sure, do."
14  I like to give names that either illustrate the character or are wildly misappropriate for the sake of humor.
15  For the sake of policy and representativeness, we need a constitutional amendment to remove this prerogative from the president.