great heavens
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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We have masks, but great heavens, Mac!—there must be a million of those brutes.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Bates, Harry
But, great heavens, dear Miss Gould, what do you mean?
From A Philanthropist by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
Ah, the great heavens, how fat was Mr. Pakenham, how thin was Mr. Calhoun!
From 54-40 or Fight by Hough, Emerson
In the great heavens," she answered slowly, "there are many things which you, poor man, would think to be madness, but yet are truth and perfect wisdom.
From When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by Haggard, Henry Rider
"Cupola, great heavens," murmured the officer under his breath.
From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)
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