(n.) Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is no doubt a captain’s pick by Malcolm Turnbull and we hope for the sake of the relationship that it has been a good pick.” The planned appointment of Hockey to the Washington role has been one of the worst-kept secrets in Australian politics .
(2) "With hindsight," he writes, "it was a trumped-up excuse for radical activism for its own sake."
(3) This creativity frequently emerges from an aesthetic, poetic sense of freedom derived from work, an uninhibited playful activity of exploring a medium for its own sake.
(4) As she states in her editor’s forward to the first issue, Toor decided to publish a bilingual journal because she intended the magazine to be read by “high school and University students of Spanish … as well as to those who are interested in folklore and the Indian for their own sakes.” She adds: “Moreover, much beauty is lost in translating.” Toor presents herself as a competent cultural translator, should there be any doubt on the part of her readership.
(5) An immensely cerebral man, who trained himself to need only six hours of sleep - believing that a woman should have seven and only a fool eight - Mishcon was not a man given to small talk, nor one who would tolerate prattle for the sake of it.
(6) He didn't go to university, but says he discovered the joy of learning for learning's sake when he was tutored on the Harry Potter sets.
(7) I adored Chez Elles in Brick Lane's Banglatown; and Otto's , on Gray's Inn Road, looks set to be the capital's next insider secret, with a menu that doesn't appear to have met the 21st century: it does canard à la presse, for goodness sake.
(8) Louisa Bojesen (@louisabojesen) Are European govts unable to put aside their national interests for the sake of commercial business?
(9) "He must go for the sake of Libya," is a view expressed in whispers.
(10) Symptomatic treatment is essential, both of the sake of patients and those who attend them.
(11) But there would be a straightforward way to end this suffering for the sake of a few pounds a week: reform council tax.
(12) In most cases, the operation is performed for combined indications and, quite frequently, for the sake of the fetus.
(13) It is also important for the sake of the people you work with to treat them with respect and bring an element of humour and consideration into your work.
(14) But as Conservatives we don't believe in opposition for opposition's sake.
(15) The distillery sold more than one million cases of Glenfiddich, but Trump continued: "Glenfiddich should be ashamed of themselves for granting this award to Forbes, just for the sake of publicity.
(16) But because it included such spectacular but uncommon offences as homicide, rape and knife crime, some statistic could always be made to "soar" for the sake of a headline.
(17) Change is in the wind, and our tort system will be blown away on the winds of change for change's sake unless we participate in correcting deficiencies in the tort system and civil jury trial process."
(18) On an individual level, the two-thirds of people who are overweight need to be encouraged by GPs to try to lose weight for the sake of their health, Jebb said.
(19) The internal fistula need not be a seriuos complication of Crohn's disease and should not serve as an indication for surgical correction for its own sake.
(20) It must be restored for the sake of all, but most especially for the sake of those living in the affected communities,” Trump said.
Sane
Definition:
(a.) Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.
(a.) Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.
Example Sentences:
(1) Earlier this week, Izvestia reported that Yaroshenko had written to Trump, complaining of poor health and saying that Trump’s intervention in the case would offer his “last chance to return to Russia as a sane person.” If the two leaders do delve into more geopolitical questions, Putin will probably try to focus on issues on which Washington lawmakers could more conceivably cooperate.
(2) Is there a difference between a person who is sane and that person when he is, in some way, mad?
(3) Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "[Zeta-Jones's announcement] will have a huge impact on [people] recognising mental illness is a condition that everyone can suffer from.
(4) Kudos to Louise Byrne for her matter of fact courage #qanda @SANEAustralia October 6, 2014 Anthony Herbert (@AnthonyHerbert9) Deal with fear, maintain hope and believe people - Louise Byrne #qanda October 6, 2014 • Readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact Lifeline 13 11 14 or Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467 • Sane Australia Helpline 1800 18 SANE (7263)
(5) "There are times," Cohn wrote, "when this underworld emerges from the depths and suddenly fascinates, captures and dominates multitudes of usually sane and responsible people who thereupon take leave of sanity and responsibility.
(6) USA 88, 5847-5851; Donoghue, M. J., Alvarez, J. D., Merlie, J. P. and Sanes, J. R. (1991).
(7) But since then it has gone ballistic, to the point where apparently sane men in suits, or at any rate employees of Goldman Sachs, say it is worth $50bn.
(8) Suicide prevention services, however, do not provide for suicide as a sane, honorable choice in such circumstances.
(9) And it's that magnificent compulsion that means we need to have a sane conversation about how to set limits for ourselves on another wonderful pleasure that has no natural limits.
(10) A divided empire: what the urban-rural split means for the future of America Read more “I hope Trump puts sane people in charge of this and says maybe they can stay on an individual basis.
(11) Other signatories include St John Ambulance, Volunteering Australia, Youth Off the Streets, Drug Arm, Sane Australia, the Myer Family Company, Hillsong Church, and the Australian Council of Social Service.
(12) That is a risk any sane person would seek to drastically reduce."
(13) "With the best engineers in the world, and the crew varying between the intensely respectable and the barely sane, ready to scorn any disaster, unless of Titanic scale."
(14) But the only sane response is total scepticism of the motives of those seeking to make us afraid.
(15) (Incidentally, this is hardly my area of expertise, but I fail to comprehend why any sane 21st-century human would refuse an epidural.
(16) For one thing, in a sane market, such double-digit rises for so long are not sustainable .
(17) Yet it wasn’t until my retirement that I had the time or the resources to fulfil some of the dreams and ambitions that had fuelled my imagination and kept me sane during my working life.
(18) Balmain’s collection had an Aladdin Sane jumpsuit, while Walter Van Beirendonck had a blazer adorned with a clever Aladdin Sane diagonal flash across the lapels, and Dries Van Noten and Alber Elbaz ’s autumn menswear shows both heavily referenced the Thin White Duke.
(19) I still find that the conversations I have with chefs are some of the most sane you'll ever have.
(20) I had dinner with him the first day he arrived in New York and he said to me his sister was in an asylum and she was the sane one in the family.