How to Use thing in a Sentence

thing

noun
Definition of thingnext
Synonyms for thingnext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That's the kind of thing that gives me comfort for after I'm gone.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • And whether that’s a good thing for the two blocs’ consumers, remains to be seen.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • That whole Laurel Canyon thing was just about to burst.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Because the problem persists, that’s the thing to say to her now.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The whole thing hit me with a bang, without any warning.
    — Teresa Tarmey, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2023
  • There is fun to be had, though, when that firmness is brought to bear on things that offend her sense of island etiquette.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Shot in a single take, Night Shift tells the story of a desperate and dirt-poor Khun (played by Chatchai), who decides to pack things up to have a better life in the city.
    — Sara Merican, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024

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