ANYTHING in a Sentence

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"I know I ain't anything like as smart as I ought to be," she went on, while he vainly struggled for expression.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANYTHING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
anything
 pron.  used to refer to a thing, no matter what
 ad.  in any degree; in any way; at all
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "I know I ain't anything like as smart as I ought to be," she went on, while he vainly struggled for expression.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  She needn't know anything about it if you keep quiet.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  "I hope Zeena ain't broken anything she sets store by," she called after him as he turned the greys toward home.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  There had never been anything in her that one could appeal to; but as long as he could ignore and command he had remained indifferent.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  and then again: "After this I sha'n't feel anything."
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  In these accomplishments the twins excelled, and they were equally outstanding in their notorious inability to learn anything contained between the covers of books.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  There hasn't been any fun at any party this spring because the boys can't talk about anything else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  Well," said Stuart, "she hasn't had a chance to say anything yet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
9  Nawsuh, Ah din notice y'all say anything ter mek her mad.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
10  "You ain't going to get anything," grinned Stuart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
11  It would never do for Mammy to suspect that anything was wrong.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  Even if he hasn't actually heard anything this afternoon, perhaps he's noticed something, sensed some excitement in the Wilkes family.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  Their beauty she accepted as casually as the air she breathed and the water she drank, for she had never consciously seen beauty in anything but women's faces, horses, silk dresses and like tangible things.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  She had never seen her mother stirred from her austere placidity, nor her personal appointments anything but perfect, no matter what the hour of day or night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
15  And if anything was gone from her, he never missed it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
16  One who never made a mistake, never made anything.
17  A wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
18  If anything can go wrong, it will.
19  Who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well.
20  One never loses anything by politeness.
21  Don't put a limit on anything.
22  Life's too short to be anything but happy.
23  The expert in anything was once a beginner.
24  She's so disorganized she never gets anything done.
25  I don't feel like doing anything today.
26  He rarely does anything more strenuous than changing the channels on the television.
27  A fabulous breakfast matters more than anything else.
28  The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
29  Rather than being hoodwinked, I would endure anything.
30  Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it, anything but live for it.