thanks be

Meaning

thanks be

Expressing relief or gratitude for some happening or situation.

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Examples

Thanks be to God,' says the Admiral, 'the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it, so fragrant it is. Christopher Columbus

Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right. John Adams

If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows. François Rabelais

So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God! Roald Amundsen

Brethren, are you in earnest? If so, though your faith be weak, and your struggles unsatisfactory, you may begin the hymn of triumph now, for victory is pledged. Thanks be to God, which " - not shall give, but "giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Frederick William Robertson

Thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company. Samuel Pepys

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