How to Use doing in a Sentence

doing

noun

• It's the doing of the good deed that is important, not the thanks you receive.
• But the lack of a single win so far isn’t all his doing.
  — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 29 May 2018
• The tour didn’t come to pass quickly, which was, in large part, my doing.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
• The problem then is clearly in the doing, not in the knowing.
  — Andrew Deutscher, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• The struggles in the first inning weren’t all his doing.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
• And that is but a sliver of the 82-year-old’s recent doings.
  — Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• This is the doing of all things that people talk about on the campaign trail.
  — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2021
• The feeling in the doing is at the center of the Renaissance World Tour.
  — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• The first is one of my doing, with a plume seen on this image of Chirpoi in the Kuril Islands.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2012
• Johnson’s go-to flavor of the drink is one of his own doing.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
• Digital doings and more The heart of the strike will be in the streets, but that doesn't mean the action stops there.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2019
• Senzel had a rocky start to the season – not all of his own doing.
  — John Fay, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2020
• My 13-year-old self stood helpless and in pain of her own doing.
  — Sophie Gray, SELF, 16 July 2018
• Much of that was the Irish doing, and the Cyclones’ undoing.
  — Tom Noie, Indianapolis Star, 28 Dec. 2019
• Spurs were cut open by some smart play for the first goal, but the second goal was all their own doing.
  — SI.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• More than that, though, the concept sounded like a prison of my own doing.
  — Dr. Jenn Jackson, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
• Survivor’s guilt some would say, but a broken heart was the doing of her death.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2023
• Survivor's guilt, some would say, but a broken heart was the doing of her death.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• Survivor’s guilt, some would say, but a broken heart, is the doing of her death.
  — Hannah Sarisohn, CNN, 22 Jan. 2023
• Of course, Cutler’s struggles with the Bears were not all his doing.
  — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
• There was no word on what prompted her to do what she was seen on video doing.
  — CBS News, 26 July 2023
• Over the past 10 races, Palou has dealt either with a grid penalty or crash not of his own doing in four of them.
  — Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021
• Even more Alice-y doings could very well fill the calendar in the months ahead.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• Much of what Traylor was able to produce came by her own doing.
  — Tyler Fenwick, Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2018
• Tackles, blocked kicks and the simple doing of one’s job are among the feats that register.
  — Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2022
• Minor ran into trouble in the third, much of it his own doing.
  — David Smale, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
• And none of this was your own doing and yet you are entirely lumped into it.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 10 May 2018
• The space that Cotton earned at the table was all her own doing, as the film makes abundantly clear.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• Even through hiccups during the trips which are not their doing, the team is unflappable and quick to rectify.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
• Knowing how clean your water supply is can take some doing.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024