How to Use thing in a Sentence

thing

noun
  • What is that thing on the floor?
  • Are all your things packed?
  • It was the worst thing that could have happened.
  • Let's just forget about the whole thing and move on.
  • He is good at making things out of clay.
  • The one thing I hate most is being lied to.
  • My doctor told me to avoid fatty things like donuts and potato chips.
  • Birth is a miraculous thing.
  • We must respect all living things.
  • That sunset was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
  • And the curfew thing just kind of gets in the way of that.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • And theme park Twitter was there to meme the whole thing.
    R.i.p. Murphy, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Gibbs did his thing from the two-yard line and the Tide had its first lead of the day with 19:27 to play.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 16 Oct. 2022
  • But if this were all just a lark, the whole thing might collapse.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • Every few years, the Flames try to make black a thing again.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The best things come in threes — and that can be true of Hallmark movies too.
    Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • The same thing happened to Hailey Bieber in March 2022.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The best thing about smoothies is that there’s no hard and fast way to make one.
    Isabella Ubaldi, Health, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The safest thing to do is to just wait until spring and see what leafs out.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Judge still might be on his way to doing 2022 things at the plate.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
  • Pugh went straight for him, though, and that was my favorite part of the whole thing.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The one thing nobody in soccer has, as a rule, is time.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • But there’s one thing that may seem small but can mean a lot to moms – cards.
    Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Long-term, things look better for Nix and the Broncos by the week.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • That's the kind of thing that gives me comfort for after I'm gone.
    Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, there‘s one thing standing in the way of attaining the Holy Grail of blenders: the price.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The whole thing was designed that Louis and Natalia are the heroes of this.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2023
  • This time, he's got Pearl's Mia Goth in the mix, which is only a good thing.
    Leah Greenblatt and Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The one thing the Blackhawks do have is Bedard, and thank the hockey gods for that.
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The wide-leg pants keep things breezy while also staying on theme with its contrast hem detailing.
    Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024

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