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.
275 example sentences for GOODNESS, such as:
1. There is no merit in such goodness.
2. Mr. Mason, have the goodness to step forward.
3. Most stores will allow the purchaser to exchange goods.
4. Please charge these goods against my husband's account.
5. Cyril's most impressive quality was his innate goodness.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of GOODNESS
goodness
 n.  that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
 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)
1  I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness.
2  They can be made dairy free, still be delicious, and contain wholesome goodness.
3  I have forbidden Adele to talk to me about her presents, and she is bursting with repletion: have the goodness to serve her as auditress and interlocutrice.
4  In spite of the bad things he's done I still believe in his essential goodness.
5  Cyril's most impressive quality was his innate goodness.
6  Our goods compete in terms of product quality, reliability and above all variety.
7  Please charge these goods against my husband's account.
8  At the exits polite assistants will take the goods and add up the cost.
9  Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices.
10  Most stores will allow the purchaser to exchange goods.
11  Environmentalists argue that more goods should be transported by rail.
12  You have my word for it that the goods will arrive on time.
13  Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.
14  Of earthly goods the best is a good wifeA bad the bitterest curse of human life.
15  The country's trade in manufactured goods has expanded in the last ten years.