Sake in a sentence as a noun

But I have this mindset that I don't need new shoes just for the sake of new shoes.

What merit is there in rooting for failure for failure's sake?

Please, for the sake of everyone, dust yourself off and opt out again.

But for God's sake, I had to scroll _all the way to the bottom_ to find some kind words of encouragement.

Yes, I'd give the ***** benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!

"No, you're ******* not working hard, you added the last ones a year and a half ago. EU countries are missing, for ***** sake.

There is something special that has died here and, if only for old time's sake, we can mourn its passing.

I mean if privacy is your reason not to use Gmail, then I hope for your sake your mail server is secure.

Why trust a business to such a stagnant concern?On principle, on practicality, for the sake of all of our futures: just say no to PayPal.

For reference's sake, this article is written by Fabien Potencier, the creator of the symfony framework.

[1] I say company but the company was just for the sake of legalities, we didn't have an office or any formal structure, we just ran a couple of websites.

Is there something about being a musician or artist that disallows one from having a valid intellectual opinion taken for its own sake, without being patronized?

This is a perfect example of the cynic snarkiness for the sake of snarkiness that plagues Hacker News; the guy of the article only has written one article besides this one[0] and that's it.

What do you want to improve?This whole email is broken thing is just done for the sake of getting attention, making a lame conference presentation "disruptive" or getting some crappy todo app funded.

My favorite Ray Bradbury memory is the time he came to my school to talk about his books and ended up yelling at my English teach for trying to find hidden meaning that wasn't there just for the sake of busywork.

This article is not "complexity for complexity's sake", it's illustrating the complexity of making changes to any piece of code - and that it is surprisingly difficult for something that one would think is very easy!

Sake definitions

noun

a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"

See also: interest

noun

Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

See also: saki

noun

the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"