THING in a Sentence

Learn THING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for THING, such as:
1. I have to blush to admit that thing.
2. I admit it was a foolish thing to do.
3. And he doesn't care a thing about me.
4. It was a stupid thing to do, I admit.
5. Such a thing had never happened before.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of THING
thing
 n.  a special objective
 n.  a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Such a thing had never happened before.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Only one thing weighed on him, and that was his having told Zeena that he was to receive cash for the lumber.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  She had taken everything else from him; and now she meant to take the one thing that made up for all the others.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  I always tell Mr. Hale I don't know what she'd 'a' done if she hadn't 'a' had you to look after her; and I used to say the same thing 'bout your mother.'
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
5  There isn't a thing I can do, he began again.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  And then one thing and another came, and my own troubles.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
7  And she fusses around so much, trying to do the right thing and make you feel at home, that she always manages to say and do just exactly the wrong thing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  She did, and a sweet quiet thing she is, with never a word to say for herself, like a woman should be.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  "Yes, and dead, poor thing," said Ellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  "Darling, I don't care a thing about Brent," declared Scarlett, happy enough to be generous.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  And he doesn't care a thing about me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
12  It was one thing to know that Ashley was engaged but it was another to hear people talk about it so casually.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  "I'll do no such thing," she said, touching the horses lightly with the whip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  What a silly thing to say to a man, thought Scarlett, ready to giggle with relief.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  "A change of scene will be the best thing in the world for her," said the doctor, only too anxious to be rid of an unsatisfactory patient.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but one must hear of it a hundred times.
2  The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing them.
3  There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
4  The most difficult thing is the decision to act.
5  It was a stupid thing to do, I admit.
6  I have to blush to admit that thing.
7  I admit it was a foolish thing to do.
8  The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to.
9  Becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing.
10  Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
11  Travel agency jacked the whole thing up for the tourists.
12  A few years ago jogging was the in thing.
13  One thing you'll have to agree to is working in the evenings.
14  Although patience and persistence is a painful thing, but it can gradually bring you the benefits.
15  Although it doesn't look like it, the whole thing is highly organized.