How to Use for the good of in a Sentence

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• God works all things out for the good of those who love the Lord.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 23 Oct. 2022
• Switched me from a quarterback to a tight end-linebacker for the good of the team.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
• Whatever the choice may be, my colleagues and I will fight for the good of our patients.
  — Richard Bosshardt, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• It was expected of me to work at Ga Hing, to contribute for the good of the family.
  — Longreads, 12 Jan. 2023
• The goal of the project is to build a 25 km super sewer under the Thames to intercept spills and clean up the river for the good of the city, its people, and wildlife.
  — Judith Magyar, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• Experienced players at this level would’ve brought Leao crashing to the ground and taken the yellow card for the good of the team.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• In her after-the-episode interview, Snook said not so fast to any viewers praising Shiv for standing up for the good of the country.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
• This is all the more reason that countries that are capable of making change more easily should make greater strides to do so, for the good of the whole world.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 29 Oct. 2022
• But shame existed back then, and Fortas was shamed into resigning for the good of the court.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
• When party leaders act for the good of the team, everyone benefits.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 14 May 2023
• Political leaders on opposite sides of the aisle could find common ground for the good of the country.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 June 2023
• And most of all, Lord, change our routine worship and work into genuine encounter with you and our better selves so that our lives will be changed for the good of all.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 6 May 2022
• And Brent says that the right thing for bib to do now is to really swallow his pride and ask Gordon to reconsider his, his taking leave for the, for the good of the district.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
• For 11 games, Hart, who entered Wednesday night averaging 9.1 points per game, has sacrificed his offense for the good of the team.
  — oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2022
• Yet if circumstances demand it, the workers of some species can step up to become pseudo-queens for the good of the nest — and to reap a significant extension in their life span.
  — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
• But like a centerfielder in baseball crashing into an outfield wall to make the catch, Pulisic sacrificed his anatomy, for the good of team and country.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 30 Nov. 2022
• As the last several months have shown, fossil fuel companies aren’t keen to make investments for the good of either consumers or the planet.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2022
• McCartney can be heard working out an intricate alternate harmony that was left off the final cut, his work sacrificed for the good of the song.
  — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
• Johnson finally agreed to step down after one of his closest allies, Treasury Chief Nadhim Zahawi, told the prime minister to resign for the good of the country.
  — Danica Kirka, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2022
• Sir Peter is forced to confront and even sacrifice his own humanity and family for the good of order, his people and the patriarchy.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2023
• Cooper’s goal is achieving connectivity across the world for the good of humanity.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• The Avon Lake Community Council is made up of 40-plus community organizations that work together to help to share resources, ideas and awareness for the good of all the groups.
  — cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
• Appealing to them to convert to EVs for the good of the environment is not likely to be enthusiastically received.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2022
• My friend suggested that Ben must live in the metaphorical cellar, sacrificing himself for the good of the family—an interpretation that, on some level, made sense to me.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• The rational supermajority of voters who want leaders to work together for the good of the country repelled extremists in both parties whose goal seems to be destroying the whole system.
  — Andrew Tisch, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• Celibacy, Catholicism teaches, is also considered a spiritual discipline created for the good of the church.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
• In Sacramento, Zaremberg, who died Saturday at age 74, is remembered as an advocate not only for companies, but for the good of California.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• His supporters began a fundraising campaign to preserve Abbotsford, his grand estate, with its extensive library and large collection of antiquities, for the good of the nation.
  — Devoney Looser, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• Its lessons about the finity of existence and the beauty of living for the good of others are nothing if not universally applicable, something that could also be said of its withering indictment of government bureaucracy.
  — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024