Had the Londoner revisited the country, he would have found old friends ready to upset all their arrangements for the sake of entertaining him.
Tony and I snoozed under the mainsail, huddled up together for the sake of warmth, like animals in a nest.
The thing seemed to him so clear that he was assured the other was arguing for the sake of argument--a thing we all hate in other people--and he lost patience.
But for heaven's sake let us think of these poor fellows now.
It was discussed, indeed, for an evening, and then recalled only for the sake of the light which it was supposed to throw upon the rector's fate.
Still, oddly enough, the thought of giving up his wealth for the sake of Barbara was beginning to appeal to his imagination.
Now, however, she felt she could no longer put off giving this invitation, the more so that it was for her brother's sake that Lord Bosworth wished O'Flaherty to be asked to Fletchings.
I hope you will, Billy; we can't afford to take any chances, understand, for the sake of a little sleep.
Billy, though he should have known his comrade better than to believe Frank would try to play any silly trick for the sake of giving them a thrill.
Besides, we loved the horse for his own sake as well as my uncle's, and John would be but too glad to ride him!
But for the sake of a young man, who, if living, is a near connection of yours, I beg you to listen patiently to what I have to say.
I would live for his sake to cherish and comfort him in his old age.
Geoffrey, for God's sakebid that woman hold her venomous tongue.
For her sake as well as for thine I snatched thee from certain death, and if Allah giveth us His mercy and blessing, we both shall now regain our freedom.
Though I am prepared to take an oath of silence for the sake of your wife and her children, I make one stipulation, namely, that I shall keep that letter.
For the sake of the woman whose young life dependeth upon thy word!
It was for thy sake that I sought the Great Secret.
For her own sake secrecy is imperative, therefore, if thou holdest her in respect, seek not to loosen my tongue with thy gold.
I am fain to allow it's as much for her sake as yours, that I want to take her to some port to get properly repaired.
By the care that Smart took of his little charge, and by Jenny's deliberate proceedings, we saw the servants both meant to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the child.
Nations have sometimes been induced to make conquests for the sake of reducing the power of their enemies, or bringing it to a balance with their own.
In short, Sir, the case is now arrived to that crisis, that for the sake of your own reputation as a Minister you ought to require a positive answer from the Committee.
I mean only to introduce the term for the sake of policy and to show from your title the line of your interest.
I will do the cause full justice, as well for the sake of the nation, as for my own reputation.
This being the case, it is necessary as well for the protection of property, as for the sake of justice and humanity, to form a system that, whilst it preserves one part of society from wretchedness, shall secure the other from depredation.
I here insert both genealogical lists, and for the sake of perspicuity and comparison, have placed them both in the same direction, that is, from Joseph down to David.
But before I explain my ideas upon this subject, it is necessary (not for the sake of those that already know, but for those who do not) to show what the system of the universe is.
Let us not suppose an evil for the sake of its remedy.
But he was making the most of it for the sake of the pleasure it gave him to cheer up the blind man's loneliness, without thinking quite enough of his responsibility to truth.
Polly Anne dearest, for God's sake don't run away with a false idea!
Surely the subject franked a dropped voice, in harmony with the beauty of the said evening--a touch of tenderness for its sake entirely.
For the sake of our own inmost being, for the sake of our brethren, we want the whole meaning in its fullest strength.
They were to rejoice for His sake, because they loved Him; and that rejoicing for His sake would be the greatest elevation, and the highest satisfaction to themselves.
Therefore he will pause before he will risk death for the sake of his work.
These are facts not to be gainsaid for the sake of any system.
The suggestion was not a serious one; merely the mock of some priest, thrown out for the sake of degrading Him in the minds of the people.
For thy sake will I sweare and forsweare, renounce my baptisme, and all the interest I haue in any other sacrament.
Who being acquainted with my curtisans deceased doting husband, for his sake vsd vs with all the familiaritie that might be.
That whereas he had promised for my sake to sweare and forsweare, and commit Iulian-like violence on the highest seales of religion: if he would but thus farre satisfie me he should bee dismist from my furie.
Such and so extraordinarie was his care and industrie heerein, that within few dayes after mistres Tabitha and her pandor cride Peccaui confiteor, and we were presently discharched, they for example sake executed.
He begs her from the wealth of her loveliness to grant him some trifling favor which she never can miss: What is worse the bloomy heath, If a few flowers for the sake Of a garland some one break?
But they made no answer at all; whereat the duke wondered, thinking they had been all dumb: notwithstanding for his honour's sake he took them into the court, and feasted them.
Let my words, good brother Faustus, pierce into your adamant heart, and desire God for his Son Christ his sake to forgive you.
Hither did they come to vindicate thy faith; for thy sake are they fallen.
Now, for the sake of Alla, Lord Admiral Guarinos Be thou a Moslem, and much love shall ever rest between us.
For thy sake have I assumed the shape of this animal.
I give thee pardon free-- I pardon thee for the love's sake wherewith I've lovèd thee.
In that awful hour they confessed his name, bewailing their sins, and the all-merciful God forgot not their past labours for the sake of Christ, for whose faith they lost their lives.
They think he was followed from Peebles, and murdered for the sake of money that he was carrying in a bag he had with him.
The police think this is going to be a very simple affair--mere vulgar murder for the sake of mere vulgar robbery.
Just a plain case of murder for thesake of robbery--that's it!
And had the man been murdered for the sake of robbery?
The theses underlying them have been stated for brevity's sake only in didactic form.
A refrain for the mere sake of recurrent jingle, that has no genuine no essential recurrence in the thought, is a trick.
For the sake of analysis, I have treated content and form separately.
For the sake of God millions murdered their fellow-men, but the God was silent.
Nations tried to destroy each other for the sake of God, and the banner of the cross dripping with blood floated over a thousand fields--but the god was silent.
For the sake of shelter, food and clothes, they are obliged to defend the childish miracles of the past, and denounce the sublime discoveries of to-day.
And yet I believe it has been charged against myself not only that I was insincere, but that I took the side I am on for the sake of popularity; and the audience to-night goes far toward justifying the accusation.
We next observe a flexible chain (artificially wrought for the sake of flexure) communicating the action of the spring from the box to the fusee.
So much for the closeness with which we have come together on matters of fact, and now for the rapprochement between us in respect of how much conformity is required for the sake of avoiding schism.
For the sake of brevity, I shall take Lamarck as the exponent of the older view, and Mr. Darwin as that of the one now generally accepted.
For thesake of the poor little mother we had the girl make a sworn statement to this effect.
For the sake of illustration of the fact of pathological accusation Case 17 is given in this chapter, but in its mental aspects it belongs more properly under the head of border-line cases.
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake; for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
And he thought it right, because most convenient, to maintain it, for the sake of avoiding the unhappy consequences of domestic disputes.
I can hardly reconcile myself to throw up the Intelligence Department now that I have had the trouble of getting it into working order; but for my own sake I must do so, for it is a terrible drag on me, and ties me down too much.
As you may suppose, I am much gratified by the appointment, both for its own sake and also as evincing so very favorable and kindly a disposition toward myself on the part of the new potentate.
God grant, for his country's sake and for mine, that it be not true.
I am very glad for my ownsake that I am to go on, for this place is dreadfully unhealthy, and I feel that I shall certainly be ill if I remain here much longer.
I wish I had a stronger party, for though I feel quite comfortable myself, yet I should like more troops, for the sake of the men, who are not quite so easy in their minds.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sake" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
