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
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And that’s the thing about this latest case of the Trump scaries.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
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Just the thing with a cube of ice on a cold winter’s night.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021
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Catherine goes to see Peter and tells him to do the thing with the tongue.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
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But the thing about baseball — there’s a game on the schedule.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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But the thing about baseball — there’s a game on the schedule.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
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These kids couldn’t do the thing with the DeLorean to save their lives.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2023
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Here’s the thing about growing up – your taste buds grow up too.
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 23 June 2023
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So, the thing about meat is that it’s connected to bones.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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That’s the thing about the Serengeti—conditions can change on short notice.
—Todd Plummer, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hope may be the thing with feathers, but this bunch of feathers is hopeless.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 July 2022
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That’s the thing with so many former players who tasted success with the Bears.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
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However, the thing with a lot of the blockbuster veterans is their age.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
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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
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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
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Yet, the thing about It girl-ism is that it’s often relegated to younger women.
—Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 19 June 2023
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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
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But the thing about football is momentum can change quickly.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
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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
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But the thing about coming-of-age tales, Harjo notes, is that eventually the characters come of age.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
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And the thing about victims is, their status does not prevent them from creating more victims.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2024
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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
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And the thing about being sympathetic to the guards, or humanizing them?
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
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