How to Use do anything in a Sentence

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• Shell isn’t planning to do anything of the kind, of course.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 24 May 2023
• That's the magic of the show to me, that there's a cast that can do anything put in front of it.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
• The big idea was that if a panda could high-kick, the rest of us could do anything.
  — Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• That appears to be the theme of this year’s Cubs, who can’t seem to do anything easy.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024
• This is a neutral tool that can be used to do anything.
  — Will Henshall, TIME, 4 Aug. 2024
• Just because that's the way it's been done, that's no excuse to do anything.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 May 2023
• Do not smoke, use a lighter, strike a match or do anything that may create a spark.
  — Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
• If May 19th had asked him to do anything risky, Bisson would have.
  — Margret Grebowicz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• Its whole job was not to connect to the state internet, not to use email, not to do anything.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 2 July 2024
• And my dog was as big as hers and my dog cannot get a grip on wooden stairs with their nails to do anything.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2024
• The Rangers don’t have to do anything extra to compensate for the loss of deGrom.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
• For the first three months, Roach couldn’t do anything more physical than walk and lift five pounds.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
• And the press doesn't do anything in defense of this journalist.
  — David Biller and Tatiana Pollastri, ajc, 6 May 2023
• And the press doesn’t do anything in defense of this journalist.
  — David Biller and Tatiana Pollastri, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
• But the truth is, neither of them really wants to do anything that's hard.
  — David Pogue, CBS News, 28 May 2023
• This blocks audio news programs but doesn’t do anything about the News card.
  — Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 8 May 2023
• That's one of the biggest questions in this case is why didn't anyone do anything?
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
• My phone was taken away from me for months, and I wasn’t allowed to do anything besides go to school.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 4 July 2023
• Who would do anything—including drop his best friend—to win you over?
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 May 2024
• The parents never do anything about it and never offer to help clean up the mess their kids leave.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
• Why not ask why their parents failed to teach them not to do anything stupid and life-threatening?
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
• But before the lawyer can do anything, he’s summoned to Noma’s.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2024
• Certainly not going to do anything that hurts the team.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• Rolex’s newest release doesn’t tell the time, sit neatly on the wrist, or do anything else a good watch is supposed to.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024
• The government has pressured the platforms not to do anything.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
• And as for trying to do anything to improve the lives of the American people—i.e., doing their jobs?
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
• Nobody was talking to me, or would hang out after shows, or do anything.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
• If so, few expected the release to do anything to stem the bombardment that has left many sleeping on the roads.
  — Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
• Randle has been featured in this offense, but he hasn’t been asked to do anything that would overextend him.
  — Mikai Bruce, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
• If Proposition 33 passes, cities and counties don’t have to do anything.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Nov 2024