GOODNESS in a Sentence

Learn GOODNESS from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For GOODNESS, below is one of 275 sentences:
I have waited so patiently for eight years; for, goodness knows, I knew very well that wonderful things don't happen every day.

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 Meanings and Examples of GOODNESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
goodness
 n.  that which is pleasing or valuable
 n.  moral excellence or admirableness
Classic Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
1  Thank goodness, I can always find something funny to keep me up.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
2  Boys are trying enough to human patience, goodness knows, but girls are infinitely more so, especially to nervous gentlemen with tyrannical tempers and no more talent for teaching than Dr. Blimber.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
3  It's like Grandpa to find out all about him without letting him know, and to tell all his goodness to others, so that they might like him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
4  Jo valued goodness highly, but she also possessed a most feminine respect for intellect, and a little discovery which she made about the Professor added much to her regard for him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
5  I have waited so patiently for eight years; for, goodness knows, I knew very well that wonderful things don't happen every day.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
6  There is no merit in such goodness.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness: I count the hours till that eventful one arrives which shall restore me to Him, reveal Him to me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  Gentlemen, have the goodness to set the ladies the example.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
9  Mr. Mason, have the goodness to step forward.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  She had, I thought, a remarkable countenance, instinct both with power and goodness.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  I wonder at the goodness of God; the generosity of my friends; the bounty of my lot.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
12  He felt the greatness and goodness of his purpose so sincerely: others who heard him plead for it, could not but feel it too.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  A person whose goodness consists rather in his guiltlessness of vice, than in his prowess in virtue.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
14  Everybody declared that he was the wickedest young man in the world; and everybody began to find out that they had always distrusted the appearance of his goodness.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 48
15  Jane went to him instantly, kissed him, and thanked him for his goodness.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 55
Example Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
16  There're a large variety of goods in the shops.
17  There's a large variety of goods in the shops.
18  The shopping-centre sells a variety of goods.
19  Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods.
20  Western countries often dumped surplus goods into Third World countries.
21  There will be tax increases on a wide range of goods and services.
22  Please make out a bill for these goods.
23  All her wiles were to persuade them to buy the goods.
24  Charge the goods to my husband.
25  You can pay by cash or check when you buy the goods; it comes to the same thing.
26  This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from.
27  It is possible to make an insurance claim for any goods lost or damaged in transit.
28  All our goods are clearly priced.
29  We need more feedback from the consumer in order to improve our goods.
30  As the market opens up, I think people are going to be able to spend more money on consumer goods.