How to Use a thing in a Sentence

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• September is here and summer is starting to feel like a thing of the past.
  — Samantha Mims, Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
• Die-hard carnivores won’t miss a thing with this veg alternative.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• The days of tiny online orders shipping to customers in oversized boxes are a step closer to becoming a thing of the past.
  — Liz Young, wsj.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• But also, Eugene Lee is not on screen, and that’s a thing that bums me out still, but here’s 80 speaking roles already.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
• But the commemoration also serves as an unspoken reminder that such diplomatic breakthroughs have become a thing of the past.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Dutcher is also in the rare position of potentially landing a power-conference gig without doing a thing.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
• Boston Lyric Opera, which has been without a permanent home for years, has by now learned a thing or two about transforming alternative spaces.
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Eventually, the narrator develops a thing with a customer, Ken, and Walter’s father reëmerges.
  — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
• But Brown doesn’t view the Spice Girls as a thing of the past.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2024
• But the Bissell CrossWave X7 makes that a thing of the past!
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• Both Hahn and Arnett know a thing or to about kids sports.
  — Marc Malkin, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
• But those types of China numbers are a thing of the past.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• Hartley, of course, knows a thing or two about that slot.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 May 2023
• These two teams meeting to open the season used to be a thing.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• Don’t want to miss a thing from Aerosmith’s farewell tour?
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
• Sweden wants to make pesky EV chargers a thing of the past.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 May 2023
• Even the meaning of the word is a thing on which the combatants cannot agree.
  — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• So the waiting list, now a thing of legend, got longer and longer.
  — Stephen Busemeyer, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
• The dusty corners of your house are finally a thing of the past.
  — Emily Rochotte, Women's Health, 12 July 2023
• The plan, which costs $19.99 a month, will no longer exist, and those red envelopes will be a thing of the past.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• So the pair know a thing or two about what makes a great director.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• Brent Jacquette knows a thing or two about college sports.
  — Anna Betts, New York Times, 25 May 2024
• Two-strike approach a thing of beauty 😤@zacvoo drives in a pair!
  — Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
• Lopez's love might not cost a thing but Jimmy Choo's boots sure do.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• Chatard’s first touchdown of the season was a thing of beauty.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
• True icons know a thing or two about longevity — just look at Kylie Minogue.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2024
• Some hotels on land could learn a thing or two from how Seabourn’s team makes a bed.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2023
• With two young children, sleeping in is also a thing of the past.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• Again from my dad, so much about my dad, but the blazer is always a thing for me.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2024
• Famines are a thing of the past, but more than a third of all children are malnourished.
  — Alex Travelli, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024