How to use "thing" in a sentence

It says the same thing over and over again

One thing is immediately clear: I can't go back.

The first thing I need is a drink

This means that the most important thing of all is to save water.

After telling them how much I love them, there is only one more thing to say

The only thing on my mind is escape, but the pain is terrible.

"I sure did and it was a good thing I landed on this

Another tried the same thing, and he also screamed

That's a horrible thing to say."

The same thing happened after the death of one of his men

The only thing we wanted was to escape.

Something hit me on the head and that's the last thing I remember.

She is a nice, dear thing

It was a strange little thing and not very pretty

'Come for a walk, you dear thing,' the Duchess said to Alice

She was the prettiest thing that I ever saw.

And he meant it when he said that kind of thing

'Forrest, where did you learn to play that thing?'

The only other important thing that happened to me at the university was the Big Game at the Orange Bowl in Miami that year

There was a big metal thing about six feet tall and five feet round, sitting in the corner.

But I just try to do the right thing.'

Of course, the first thing that I wanted to do when I got back to America was find Jenny

But most of the time I just try to do the right thing.

So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance

The first thing he saw was two pieces of flesh on the bedside table

He wrote that he was afraid of becoming like his mother and 'the best thing for me was to die.' His mother was in an asylum for lunatics

He tried another inn, but the same thing happened

The first thing he saw when he opened the door was the basket of silver

At these words, Fantine did a very strange thing

An unmarried woman with a child was a terrible thing in those days, and Fantine lost her job

She had a high fever, and was coughing badly, but she still had only one thing on her mind.

How could I have thought such a thing? After speaking to him this evening, I can see that he doesn't look like the inspector at all.'

And I'll tell you another thing

There was only one thing to do: he had to tell the police.

It's not nice, that sort of thing

I know I'm not welcome here, but I have come to ask for only one thing

He could think of only one thing: his meeting later that evening with Cosette

But this was the worst thing that had ever happened to him - someone was threatening to rob him of the only person he loved!

Oh, and one more thing before you go,'Valjean said when the boy had handed him the letter

The only thing he was sure of was that the light through the grilles far above his head was growing weaker, which meant that the sun was setting

When they had got back into the carriage, however, Valjean said, 'Inspector, will you do one last thing for me before you arrest me?'

The only thing they discovered was that Mme Thenardier had died, and that her husband had escaped from prison and disappeared with his surviving daughter, Azelma.

It was the happiest night of Cosette's life, spoilt only by one thing: the fact that her guardian - whom she still thought of as her father - went home before the feast had started, saying that he felt ill

He was proud of having helped to bring her happiness with Marius, but another thing troubled his soul: the fact that nobody, not even Cosette, knew the truth about him

'What a thing to say!' Cosette replied

'Cosette,' he said, 'your happiness is the only thing that matters to me

This is the first thing that I think when I wake, and I look around nervously, confused by the dark and by the thick fog which surrounds me.

"I just want Catherine," I say, but I can see the hate in the man's eyes, and I know that the only thing I can do now is run to the stone where I know she is tied and try to escape into the fog with her.

"I don't understand a thing he says."

"No, he never says a thing

A tiny thing, no bigger than his arm

And this is the last thing he ever says

She is a quiet young thing, and beautiful too, and Carolina likes to have beautiful things around her, so she is more than happy to talk for both of them.

"Oh, I think I can look after myself," responds Eleanor, and again Carolina thinks what a sweet, lovely thing she is

"And for me," Edward says as he refills Eleanor's glass, "the important thing is the twist."

"You know, the surprise at the end of the story, the thing you don't expect." Eleanor smiles and takes a drink

The friend, Mr Harris, says that Miss Lee did not say anything to Mr Dawson and that the only thing Mr Dawson said was 'Hello'

Ladies and gentleman of the jury, you must decide only one thing

No, the only thing that is important is something that the church can offer him right now

The one thing he needs if he wants to keep his freedom and get the suitcase that is buried in his brother's old garage

thing..

What is this thing you need?" Barry hesitates

And he remembers the last thing she said before she closed the door to the hotel room.

The wife is a pretty little thing with red hair

The next thing he knew he was holding his shoulder and walking confused and weak.

The best thing a good detective can do is listen and observe

Sure, he likes films and television and not sports, but maybe this can be their thing

Or there's the other thing you can do.

"Is it? Man, you know, the sick thing is that no one knows who it is

"No, the sick thing is the way he kills them

"Yeah, but the weird thing is none of them tried to fight," says the tall kid.

"Oh, you poor thing, you look exhausted

You poor thing

It was one thing to have a pod experience - but to stay inside the pod was something else

"And the thing is..

"And swimming with dolphins is wonderful - although this isn't quite the real thing, of course."

But afterward, you were still in the city in a tiny room, surrounded by thousands of other people doing exactly the same thing

that pod thing."

Maybe this Pod Life thing wouldn't be so bad, after all

And I want to know more about this Pod Life thing."

"Then the other thing is, you get loads of energy units," Cham carried on

"That is the craziest thing I've ever heard!"

"I wish someone else in your family could do the pod thing," she said

So at least if we were both doing the same thing, it would almost feel like we were together."

"You lucky thing! I'd love a pod experience."

"In fact, I've been looking into that Pod Life thing that Ding told us about

But that's the fantastic thing

"Fantastic, more like! That was the best thing I've ever done in my life

"Mom, I've been wondering what you think of this new thing, Pod Life

all to avoid the one big thing they needed to discuss.

the fruit thing..

And the thing is..."

"The only thing I can ask is this: if I do Pod Life without you, will you still be here for me when I come out? Can you wait two years?"

When they had all cried and hugged each other, it was the first thing that Sala thought of.

"It's the least real thing you could possibly do

But I've been starting to wonder whether the whole thing was just a joke, or a trick, even."

The only thing that made the time pass more quickly was her family's dream of the world outside

"That's quite a thing to say, Sala."

There was only one thing she could do

Maybe his parents would be disappointed, but it was the only responsible thing to do; they'd thank her, in the end.

Sala played with the plate of food in front of her; she couldn't eat a thing.

'Beatrice is very kind-hearted, but she always says the wrong thing.'

'Perhaps I did a very selfish thing when I married you,' he said slowly

Perhaps that's a good thing

Only one thing mattered

The whole thing will be in the papers tomorrow

'There's one more thing to be done

I kept it because it was the last thing Rebecca ever wrote to me

Only one thing worried her

'What a dreadful thing illness is,' Colonel Julyan went on

'Isn't that a good thing?' I said

But she wasn't going to allow such a thing to happen to her

For one thing, she hadn't known what she could say

"We made the damn thing work!"

She wasn't the sort of person who would snap over a thing like this

Not even a thing like this

Surely, that wasn't the smart thing to do

The wisest thing she could do would be to turn back, walk away from the door and out of the house

The sliding closet doors began to move on their runners, and Vivienne Neddler had the feeling that some awful thing was going to come out of the dark space, its eyes as red as blood and its razor-sharp teeth gnashing

Vivienne had no logical explanation for what had happened, but she knew one thing for sure: She wasn't going to tell anyone what she had seen here tonight

Vivienne Neddler had been in to clean last evening, but this wasn't the kind of thing that Vivienne would be capable of doing

"For one thing, nothing was taken."

But there at first, for a good many years, we had a great thing going

He had adored only the showgirl, the dancer, the cute little thing that other men coveted, the pretty woman whose presence at his side had inflated his ego

"Don't get mad at me, okay? We both want the same thing - a home life, a good family life

I have the intelligence and the talent to be more than just one thing

The damned thing couldn't be switching itself on.

As he drew near, he opened his arms, as if it was the most natural thing in the world for him to hold and comfort her, as if he had held her many times before, and she leaned against him in the same spirit of familiarity

I can't think of anyone I know who'd be capable of this sort of thing even if they did hate me enough to contemplate it

Document analysis, tedious interpretation of satellite reconnaissance photographs, that sort of thing

Suddenly it seemed to her that she had done a mad, stupid thing when she'd hidden away like a nun for two years

As an hour passed in front of the fire, and then another hour, Tina discovered that she liked Elliot Stryker more with each new thing she learned about him.

This was the last thing Elliot expected

The important thing is we do know."

You did the right thing, asking for an ID

"It's a good thing you're not working in the gas company's public relations department."

I thought it was just a simple thing."

She didn't know what to make of the damned thing.

The only thing I do know is they can't let us just walk away."

"The only thing new about me is that I wasn't scared stiff this morning, and now I am."

"And then there's this damn thing."

The only thing in doubt is how he died."

But it seems to me the most obvious thing we have to consider is that the scouts and their leaders saw something they weren't supposed to see."

The best thing we could do is get the grave reopened

So if we can't examine the body, we'll have to do the next best thing

One thing for sure, he's definitely not on our side

And one thing on which you can bet

Someone else said, "Kick the damn thing."

In the dim light, where the brightest thing was mauve shadow, he found her eyes, held her with his intent gaze

The only thing that scared her now was the possibility that they might find Danny - and then be unable to rescue him

Christina Evans probably hadn't entertained a single doubt about the official explanation of the Sierra accident; she probably hadn't known a damned thing about Pandora when she had requested an exhumation, but her timing couldn't have been worse.

"You were so sure they didn't know a thing about the Sierra labs," Alexander said

So if they can't open the grave and see for themselves what we've done to Danny Evans, what are they going to do instead? They're going to do the next best thing - talk to the person who was supposedly the last one to see the boy's corpse before it was sealed in the coffin

Risky as it might be to express doubt to any colleague on the project, Dombey could not control himself: "Clean? This whole thing was never clean

While we're working so hard to keep ahead of our enemies, aren't we perhaps becoming more like them? Aren't we becoming a totalitarian state, the very thing we say we despise?"

Maybe killing them is the most natural, admirable thing I could do."

Basically maps that show the lay of the land - hills, valleys, the courses of rivers and streams, footpaths, abandoned logging trails, that sort of thing

She said, "People who believe in the occult have a thing they call 'automatic writing.' Ever hear of it?"

The corners curled and uncurled, curled and uncurled, again and again, like the pulse of a living thing.

"One thing I learned in the military was you have to stop and regroup your forces once in a while, but if you stop too long, the tide will turn and wash right over you."

You can do that sort of thing as long as they know for sure you're capable of paying the entire bill when it comes due a month later."

An Explorer's the only thing I'd want to take through the mountains on a bad day."

"He's probably abandoned the damn thing."

The thing was - they had momentum

"It's a damned good thing we have four-wheel drive."

For one thing, you can become an infectious carrier only four hours after coming into contact with the virus

There is one thing..."

"What? What one thing?"

And as far as Tina could see, it was the only thing that explained Danny's phenomenal new powers.

But just tell me one thing

Was it one of the security people, or was it someone on the medical staff? I'd like to think it was a doctor, one of my own, who finally did the right thing."

"You hardly weigh a thing, kid

"Can't control the damn thing

'He came to me for help and those men murdered him! I'm going to find them, if it's the last thing I do!' he said to me, and he hurried out of the house.

The worst thing is when the telephone rings in the dead of night

One thing I am sure of: my brother's wife certainly did not know how to set and operate this hammer.'

I only know one thing, and that is that you are not insane

'Or your friend the commissaire will have that fly first thing tomorrow morning.'

The whole thing lasted less than a second.

Slowly, the monster, the thing that had been my husband, covered its head, got up and found its way into the other room.

the thing's body shook for a second and then lay still.

'A strange thing happened to me this morning, Charas

'And she always knows every single thing that happens in the village,' said Griselda

I told him that was a cruel thing to say.

'There's one rather strange thing,' I said

'If a thing reminds you of something else - well, it's probably the same type of thing.'

And I thought that if Anne had done this awful thing, I was responsible, so I went and confessed.'

And the next thing is to find out what everyone was doing that evening between six and seven

If you are alone and do not want to see people - well, the only thing to do is to let them ring.'

It was about a strange thing that happened last night

'What a shocking thing,' I said

I said goodbye to Anne, but there was one more thing I needed to do

'So I put the thing under the desk

The first thing we saw was a red scarf

'Of course, when the expert saw the silver, he would know it wasn't the real thing, and then Colonel Protheroe would remember that he had shown the things to Dr Stone...'

I thought that, of course, the news they had heard must be the same thing

And the first thing she said was, 'I will not say anything at all to the police

I suppose that would be the best thing

'But the point is, that each thing has got to be explained correctly

'Poor thing

It is a very unpleasant thing that I have to tell you

If I had looked up I would have seen the strangest thing that ever fell to Earth from space, but I did not

The head of the thing was rounded and had, one could say, a face

Suddenly, like a thing falling on me from above, came fear

'There is one good thing,' I said, to calm her fears

He turned, stared, shouted something about 'crawling out in a thing like a dish cover', and moved on to the gate of the next house

That second start was the most foolish thing I ever did

In the darkness I could just see the thing moving towards me and examining the wall and the floor

Except in the corner, where a number of birds fought over some dead bodies, there was not a living thing in the pit.

Well, the Martians will be a good thing for them

And now comes the strangest thing in my story

And then a strange thing happened.

'There is one more thing I should tell you

As we came to Weybridge, the first thing we saw was a coloured blazer

The most exciting thing is to let girls tow your boat

Connie, a sister is a good thing

There is one thing he must make her understand, though.

She had wanted this thing for a long time, and yet one side of her said that accepting it was wrong

'Ruin, ruin, ruin! Christ! See, Connie, the funny thing is that I am sure you are the only person who thought it was a disaster to have a sister who was the girlfriend of a big man.'

Anyway, the important thing is that they know the secret

The only thing that had not improved was her memory of the period between her departure from Blackwater Park and her escape from the asylum

One thing is clear: he looked afraid when he saw me, so he has probably betrayed the Brotherhood; he probably thinks I'm following him so that I can kill him

War is usually a bad thing, but it has sometimes been good for women and work