God knew

English edit

simple past of God knows. An instance of sequence of tenses in free indirect speech, representing where the subject said or thought "God knows".
- 1994, Ron Zaczek, Farewell, Darkness: A Veteran's Triumph Over Combat Trauma, page 264:
  God knew I wouldn't tell them. They'd have thought I was fucking crazy.
- 2020, Joyce Carol Oates, Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.:
  The money Whitey’d left her, most of it was gone [...] Yes, certainly, a good portion of the money should be invested, kids’ college tuition, God knew how much that would add up to [...]
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see God,‎ knew.