How to Use the thing with/about in a Sentence

the thing with/about

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• The display’s the thing with the Chromebook 317, of course.
  — Melissa Riofrio, PCWorld, 27 May 2021
• And that’s the thing about this latest case of the Trump scaries.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
• Just the thing with a cube of ice on a cold winter’s night.
  — Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021
• Catherine goes to see Peter and tells him to do the thing with the tongue.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
• But the thing about baseball — there’s a game on the schedule.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• But the thing about baseball — there’s a game on the schedule.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
• These kids couldn’t do the thing with the DeLorean to save their lives.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2023
• Here’s the thing about growing up – your taste buds grow up too.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 23 June 2023
• So, the thing about meat is that it’s connected to bones.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2023
• That's the thing about it — all the pieces can dress up, dress down, mix and match, layer or be worn as is.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
• Kyung Hee did the thing with her hands in front of her mouth, to contain her laughter.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• But here’s the thing about those Gap Band records: For the most part, Wilson’s vocals were first takes.
  — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• That’s the thing about the Serengeti—conditions can change on short notice.
  — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
• Because the thing about math is that if one step has an error in it, the whole thing can fall apart.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
• But, here’s the thing about omega-3 fatty acids: our bodies don’t make them on their own.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2023
• As the guitar player in his band in the ‘80s, the thing about playing with him is that voice was like this big oak tree.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2024
• But the thing about them is the trauma is not just in the past; the trauma is today and tomorrow, right?
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• Hope may be the thing with feathers, but this bunch of feathers is hopeless.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 July 2022
• That’s the thing with so many former players who tasted success with the Bears.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
• However, the thing with a lot of the blockbuster veterans is their age.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
• Here’s the thing about being viral famous or famous for just one thing: There’s not much else to talk about.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
• And that’s the thing about today’s high-tech race for efficiency in people’s lives.
  — Christine Kilpatrick, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Yet, the thing about It girl-ism is that it’s often relegated to younger women.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 19 June 2023
• Anyway, the thing about the Globes not having very many movie awards is that when one movie wins fully a third of them, the fantasy points don’t get spread around much.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
• But the thing about football is momentum can change quickly.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
• That is the thing with soccer, the thing that the majority of clubs on the continent have to accept and that England’s teams do not seem to have noticed.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022
• But the thing about coming-of-age tales, Harjo notes, is that eventually the characters come of age.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
• And the thing about victims is, their status does not prevent them from creating more victims.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2024
• But the thing about that episode that really stands out to me is that Edie Falco’s performance was so powerful.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
• And the thing about being sympathetic to the guards, or humanizing them?
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 Sep 2024