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Example sentences for "good news"

  • I was ravished at this piece of good news and, having accommodated myself in a moment, hugged my benefactor for his generous offer, saying, I was overjoyed to find him undebauched by prosperity, which seldom fails to corrupt the heart.

  • If anything could tempt him, in his angelic body, to re-visit this earth, it would be to address the multitude at the new Bunyan Chapel with his old sermon on The Jerusalem Sinner Saved, or Good News to the Vilest of Men.

  • The first time he sent her, she brought no good news, but came panting and weary home; yet he sends her a second time.

  • Then said Hopeful, That is good news, good brother; pluck it out of thy bosom, and try.

  • The poor profligate, swearing tinker became transformed into the most ardent preacher of the love of Christ--the well-trained author of The Jerusalem Sinner Saved, or Good News to the Vilest of Men.

  • Elder Haven tells me that there will be six weeks' school this autumn and it be good news.

  • Yes, indeed, child; and there's good news of your own father.

  • The captain will think it good news, too.

  • After the children had been put to bed with warm, soothing drinks, and had had hot milk toast for supper, sitting up in bed with their wrappers on to eat it, Christopher suddenly bethought himself of grandfather’s good news.

  • As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any "good news" other than that which you received, let him be cursed.

  • But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any "good news" other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.

  • That Jew gave me good news of Therese, whom he had known in Naples, and in whose hands he had left some of his spoils.

  • I was in hopes that she would find her out of danger, and I longed to see her come back with that good news.

  • Early the next morning Laura was the bearer of good news.

  • They must be well however: and we must consider this silence as good news.

  • My dear Fanny--I have just received another Letter from George--full of as good news as we can expect.

  • Well I rejoice almost that I have not heard from you because no news is good news.

  • Then said Hopeful, "That is good news, pull it out of your pocket and try.

  • That's good news," said Peter, going off to hurry up his cart.

  • Rose was at Farmer Price's cottage that evening, and was to have the pleasure of hearing Susan tell her father the good news that he might stay at home for one week longer.

  • You have something to tell us, John--good news or bad?

  • And your foolish, stupid mother that thought for a moment you could rush to her like this with anything but good news!

  • The tired and excited boy looked from one to another, two faces both full of a veiled but intense anxiety, looking at him as if what they expected was no good news.

  • I naturally felt it my duty to call upon my mentor, Father Georgi, to whom I gave all my good news.

  • Not seldom, what comes in the name of the gospel of Jesus Christ, must seem, even to one not far from the kingdom of heaven, no good news at all.

  • It can be good news only to such as are prudently willing to be delivered from a God they fear, but unable to accept the gospel of a perfect God, in whom to trust perfectly.

  • There can be no good news for us men, except of uplifting love, and no one can be lifted up who will not rise.

  • She read in his pale, sad face that he had no good news to tell her.

  • He shook hands gratefully with Aaron, and with a light heart went to gladden his young wife with the good news.

  • I am the bearer of good news, of the best of news.

  • But you held out hope to me," said the trembling Aaron, "you said you were the bearer of good news!

  • This is good news: 50 I will go meet the ladies.

  • Carl Hunter, the manager at the airport, just phoned that the Good News is ready for a test flight.

  • He felt earthbound, restless, and he longed to soar through the clouds in the Good News, the trim, fast biplane owned by the paper.

  • The broad doors of the hangar had been rolled open and the Good News, its nose pointed toward the field, was waiting for them.

  • But I'd like to hop over a few clouds in the Good News.

  • That job of overhauling the Good News and installing the new motor will be done today but it won't do us any good.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "good news" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    during the last years; good birth; good brother; good chap; good citizenship; good conversation; good courage; good drink; good fight; good fishing; good friends; good husbandry; good lass; good milk; good oven; good parte; good patriot; good play; good qualities; good republican; good seaman; good soldiers; good spoonful; good stuff; good while; good woman