for goodness's sake

English

Prepositional phrase

for goodness's sake

  1. Alternative form of for goodness' sake.
    • 1799 [1613], William Shakespeare, “Prologue”, in King Henry VIII. A Tragedy, […], Harding’s edition, volume VIII […], London: […] E. Harding, […]; published in The Plays of William Shakespeare, London: […] T. Bentley, […] for Vernor and Hood, […], 1800, →OCLC:
      Therefore, for goodneſs’s ſake, and as you are known / The firſt and happieſt hearers of the town, / Be ſad, as we would make ye: […]
    • 1829 November 3, “How to Choose a Good Husband”, in Ladies’ Miscellany, volume I, number 45, Salem, Mass.: […] Register Press, →OCLC, page 178, column 2:
      When you see a young man depending solely for his reputation and standing in society, upon the wealth of his rich father or other relations, don’t marry him, for goodness’s sake; he will make a poor husband.
    • 2011 August 26, Deb Amlen, “Saturday: Like Bending Over Backward”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 November 2011:
      And how accidental could it be that X-RATED is right there, dangling, so to speak, from that SEXCAPADE that started us off? This is The New York Times, for goodness’s sake. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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