THINGS in a Sentence

Learn THINGS 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 THINGS, such as:

1. Don't judge men or things at first sight.
2. He'll be shyer an readier to take things ill.
3. His passive attitude made things easier for me.
4. They naively assume things can only get better.
5. When things go wrong, running away is not the answer.

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 Meanings and Examples of THINGS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
things
 n.  plural of THING
 n.  whatever may be possessed or owned or be the object of a right
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "Yes, they are tiny growing things and they might be crocuses or snowdrops or daffodils," she whispered.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  Where gardening is done all sorts of delightful things to eat are turned up with the soil.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  "They're things as helps themselves," said Martha.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  It seemed as if all the interesting things were happening in one day.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Alice was not much surprised at this, she was getting so used to queer things happening.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI. Pig and Pepper
6  Dickon carried his knife in his hand and showed her things which she thought wonderful.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
7  You remind me of some one else who loved the earth and things that grow.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  She found out that because he had been an invalid he had not learned things as other children had.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  I wonder," she said slowly, "if it would not do him good to go out into a garden and watch things growing.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  Perhaps they were both of them thinking strange things children do not usually think.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
11  He never talks about dead things or things that are ill.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
12  Mary thought that there seemed to be a number of uncomfortable things he was not to forget.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
13  The long warm rain had done strange things to the herbaceous beds which bordered the walk by the lower wall.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  He'll be shyer an readier to take things ill.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  He knows a good many things out of books but he doesn't know anything else.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  When things go wrong, running away is not the answer.
17  Who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well.
18  Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
19  There are certain things that are absolutely basic to the maintenance of a good relationship.
20  All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
21  They naively assume things can only get better.
22  Don't judge men or things at first sight.
23  Not bad science knowledge, but not knowledge; does not do bad things, and only do good things.
24  His passive attitude made things easier for me.
25  Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.
26  He explains things without condescending to his audience.
27  She is continually abusing her position/authority by getting other people to do things for her.
28  To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream.
29  To accomplish great things, in addition to dream, must act.
30  Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.