How To Use Things In A Sentence

Things have changed a lot since the days of diaries. The Sun
In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight. The Frozen Pirate
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We chit-chatted about a lot of different things, and none of it was really important.
I've been overdoing things a bit recently. I really need a holiday.

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Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve. How to make perfect strawberry jam
It seems to embrace a lot of our speculations here about the willful nature of ideas, and works well for things within our conscious realm, from babies to ballpoints.
When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed. John Green
Of course, it was snuffed out because Mars is tectonically dead, so the recycling of chemicals that you get on Earth which keeps things going and supplies the surface biosphere would have actually ceased on Mars a lot earlier.
It will probably work out cheaper to hire a van and move your own things.
We spend our days hunting for things to keep us alive. Times, Sunday Times
That call my slumbering life to wake to happy things. A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
That these are things as silently present and inarguable as iron, or night. Times, Sunday Times
His casual reaction, "you're overreacting," "these things happen, right?" suggests they've gone through this before, with presumably the more recent procedure she discussed with her gyno. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Help!
As you start your married life together hand in hand, may all the things you're hoping for turn out the way you've planned.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success. Henry Ward Beecher
There is a fine square here called Madison, in the centre of which trees rise from fountain-watered grass, and statued figures of people who were men in their day and did things, palatial buildings, dignifying commerce, form the square. Impressions of a War Correspondent
Under this arrangement, the men of each village were organized into ‘tithings ' and expected to answer for each other's good behaviour.
The soldiers were requisitioning things left and right, not good for an occupying army.
At first, when their cops out there started telling me things, I didn't want to know. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
We've seen how things turned out for Scotland's national football manager; matters are organised no differently in the more modest context that is Scottish shinty.
Word can say so little when someone cares so much. Mother,I'm wishing that these were a way to tell you the things that I'd so like to say How thankful I am and how very proud,too,to have a wonderful mother like you.
Nixon came up with the phrase 'growth recession': even when things are not falling, it's not going to feel good. So what do we do now, chancellor?
One of these gentlemen just happens to be the madwoman's father, a charming chap who seems unfazed by most things in this day and age.
I left my swimming things at home.
Sometimes things happen that are just out of your control.
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn
Many primitive societies attach existential weight to the names of things.
Instead, they've argued, companies are more like biological organisms - living things that learn, evolve, and eventually die.
The new film just seems to be skirting round things; it hasn't been brave enough.
Look out for things like white feathers and birds that appear to follow you around the garden. The Sun
When you think that we craftsmen who make all these things by hand, it follows that piece is different; these are all timeless pieces. Times, Sunday Times
`All right, I'll tell you some of it, but first, let's get my things put away, before the high priestess comes looking for me. WEB OF DREAMS
WEIL: I think that the research being done on immunotherapy, gene therapy, antiangiogenesis therapy, I think all these things look more promising to me than our current approaches. CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2004
ASCII is the standard language of Internet e-mail and newsgroup text, among other things.
No, it's like "And she knew it arbored great things. Glimpse Inside A Writer's Brain
Oxymorons are things like wedded bliss, gourmet tofu and, more recently, Microsoft Works. Think Progress » Zakaria: Rumsfeld ‘Seems In A Parallel Universe and Slightly Deranged’
I also have a goldenrod-colored scarf (you know, one of those pashmina-y things) that goes nicely with this, and about two weeks ago I was in "the city" (which seems to be what you call San Francisco, if you live near it) wearing this dress, that scarf, and an old denim Levi's jacket I swiped from my Dad in roughly 1987 (with bright pink leather gloves sticking out of the breast pocket) and a tourist actually STOPPED ME ON THE STREET and asked to take my picture. The Return (With Butterflies) - A Dress A Day
That man has such a nerve! He's always blaming me for things that are his fault.
Meanwhile, all sorts of things that at one time or another were considered tests for artificial intelligence — playing chess, doing integrals, doing autonomous control — have been cracked in algorithmic ways. Wolfram Blog : Stephen Wolfram on the Quest for Computable Knowledge
So far, this scribe detects two "fortissimo" candidates -- people palpably impatient to get in office and shake things up. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
In one hut he roomed with a resident tarantula and things that "sang, copulated, stank, ate each other, whirred, preened, and glowed. From Guyana to Guiana
She added that the annual Halloween celebrations will see bonfires on the area, only making things worse than they already are.
The fact is, lunch means different things to different people. Times, Sunday Times
What splendor and pulchritude, what symmetry in all things, what assets for the necessities of life have you not granted and assigned to this land and its inhabitants! Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net
Despite his excitement, there are few things Ignaciuk finds lacking in his life in Bulgaria.
Products such as ottomans and bathmats made from recycled flip-flops are "whimsical and interesting, but it's not doing things at the deepest level. Designer Trash
Whether we may not, for the same use, manufacture divers things at home of more beauty and variety than wainscot, which is imported at such expense from Norway? Querist
Listening to this intense young man, there is little doubt he has done things the hard way; no favours doled out and none asked for.
Dances like the samba, rhumba, cha-cha, and mambo were the sexiest things that white people were allowed to do until the twist came along.
Some may choose to wear things like the hijab, turban or kippa, but that's another story, because somehow headgear bothers a whole lot of people. Ajarat Bada: Fatwa For Tebow
My birthday wishes to you are the warmest.May all the plans you are making work out just right for you and may life always bring the best things your way.
Saxby Bridge has enthusiastically marketed all sorts of tax effective schemes involving things like tea trees, macadamias, wine and even online lingerie.
In fact, one of the things I ask the salespeople in my classes to do is to take out their business card, scratch out whatever title is on it, and write in CEO.
By then though, it was too late and the story had been twisted so far out of recognition that the forced references to things like Namek, Oozaru, and Roshi's pervertedness just seemed out of place and stupid. Anime Nano!
Once again, sorry if I sped things up too quickly, but I can't change my desire to get this story finished.
Just as the new convert to Islam sees the work of God in all things, the Marxist neophyte is tempted to understand all human activity through the lens of the base/superstructure model.
‘Things that we look forward to using from them are commoditized services such as desktop support,’ he explains.
However peculiarity is a characteristic of all things Royal, not to say outright barminess.
It is not just about productivity, but predictability, speeding things up, making things flow smoothly.
Democrats believe in all those things too but if you choose not to, we don't lable you un-American or un-qualified to be in any political party. RNC resolution won't 'handcuff' Steele, co-sponsor says
Her favorite things at school are music and recess.
It was not light enough to see things clearly.
After making the sauce, I thought both potatoes and chickpeas sounded good, so on a whim I made a potato with panch phoron side dish -- but next time I would do 2 things differently. Archive 2009-04-01
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
I could just imagine how things between Roland and I will go.
According to John Ralson, who apparently has some sort of Avatar-like connection to all living things in the Silver State, Berkley had been weighing the decision for a while but ultimately decided that the opportunity was too good to pass up. HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Passes Budget, Catastrophe Postponed
He has totally screwed things up in West Yorks for his officers and police staff alike. on April 12, 2010 at 5: 59 pm jaegerdude Crime And Immigration In Britain SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Their definition of quackery is the application of treatments that have not been scientifically proven to have any effects, that are practiced by physicians as well as specialists without a MD and they organise congresses from time to time where they say things like this. The Organisation against Quackery
I thought the snippety interaction between RDJ and Paltrow was one of the best things about this one, and the saving grace of the first. Iron man 2
Saying and doing are two things.
A shoutout to his home state: Good Things by The BoDeans Caroline Matthews: Paul Ryan's Playlist
I haven’t got a problem with the narrater, he’s obviously romanticized or the opposite, in this case, but he’s an interesting person, so I’m not adverse to hearing his side of things. “The Worst Book I Have Read in the Past Three Years” : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits
One thing for certain though is that we have a squad full of quality and confidence, and that last season's treble is only a sign of things to come.
It's still very much inanimate objects and a television screen and jolly old books and things like that.
After she'd gone he had drawn up a scorecard, ranging her qualities on one side - her intellectual gifts and vivid, racy conversation - and on the other all the vicious things she'd said.
Like the invitation to run together, he blurted out such things as if he were completely unaware of how they might be interpreted, with a guileless innocence that couldn't help but put me at ease.
It is just another London borough, full of trendy rich people who do not appreciate the better things in life.
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas
Sadly, because we found our wine so late, and things have been hectic with a sick 9-month old here at the LENNDEVOURS world headquarters there wasn't time for a full-fledge review, meaning that I didn't taste it blind or even pull my notebook out. Wine Blogging Wednesday
He doesn't seem too bothered about the things that are written about him in the papers.
Flying in very high altitudes does weird things to him and can easily lead to an MS relapse.
Hamlet as a play is similarly preoccupied by slander, misrepresentation and selves fabricated from the nothings of rhetorical tropes.
Maybe I should bring along my trumpet to liven things up! The Sun
Here and there amid the chaos, delicate things have survived by chance.
The pace things were going meant that liquidity demands would have outstripped liquidity resources. Times, Sunday Times
I'm still labelled a hypochondriac, a lier, someone who's making things up. BlogHer - Comments
Things which experience gradual withdrawings and emptyings of their nature, and great and sudden replenishments, fail to perceive the emptying, but are sensible of the replenishment; and so they occasion no pain, but the greatest pleasure, to the mortal part of the soul, as is manifest in the case of perfumes. Timaeus
Tomorrow, if I were lusting for cash and recognition and all the things people get into broadcasting for, I might decide talk radio was my easiest point of access.
Should we accept that corporate bosses do bad things not because of the badness of their hearts but because they are obliged to?
I would revoke all building codes other than those where a failure of a building can affect neighboring properties: requirements for fire-retardant materials in roofing materials, or inspections to assure the structural integrity of a building taller than its distance from the property line are the sorts of things that come immediately to mind. The Volokh Conspiracy » Does the Supposedly Superior Expertise of Regulators Justify Libertarian Paternalism?
Richmond with the 'crammer' who was expected to do great things for Chatterbox, 1905.
Next year his father will retire and take things easy.
But my biggest fear in life is regretting things. Times, Sunday Times
My family has not forgiven me yet, but perhaps if I make these, that will smooth things over! why so much baking soda? browning effect? because there's not that much molasses (acid). and it's only 4 cups flour. somebody enlighten me! oh and for your molasses question - depends if you want the stronger molasses flavor. robust is probably what is more commonly referred to as blackstrap molasses. the light stuff I think tastes too light for something like a ginger cookie, I think. and given there's only 1/2C of molasses in this recipe to go along with 2 C of regular sugar, I'd def say go for the robust. Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog
Although we always want things, childhood is the time when we are most insistent.
At first, she did odd things like rearranging her shoes and alphabetizing the books on the bookshelf in her office.
Gil probably should have thought about that and realized that a street address with the word rattlesnake in it was most likely a bad omen—that things probably wouldn’t turn out well if they tried living there. Fatal Error
Chopping up the chocolate is actually one of the most important things you need to do for this recipe before mixing them into the batter. Baking Bites » Print » Chocolate Chip Angel Food Cupcakes
I can't manage things like zips, so they took the zips out and put Velcro in instead.
In all things, even till this instant, (being the utmost period of my life) I have evermore found my Fathers love most effectuall to me; but now it appeareth farre greater, then at any time heretofore: and therefore from my mouth, thou must deliver him the latest thankes that ever I shall give him, for sending me such an honourable present. The Decameron
His relegation of the winds to the class of breathings is analogic, but not homologic. Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56
Things are seldom as/how/what they seem.
As already noted, there are plenty of things we can do in the meantime.
For the floors above, we can use temporary airsealing floor by floor, and portable equipment; when we have things atmosphered and lighted and heated, you and Martha and Tony Lattimer can go to work systematically and in comfort, and I'll give you all the help I can spare from the other work. Omnilingual
My son seems much cheerier now, happily, although being me I worry that he is just putting a good face on things so as not to worry me. Fragments From A Week « Tales from the Reading Room
There are many things to do on the North Island, but we wanted to get to the south as quickly as possible. Our only major excursion in the North was a day's canyoning in the Piha Canyon just outside Auckland.
We like having fun and making things to eat. The Sun
There are no such things as vampires, or werewolves, or evil identical twins.
Her hands shake constantly and she keeps dropping things.
It seems Oxford students really can achieve great things when they put their minds to it.
Thus, among many of the tribes the sun is wakanda — not _the_ wakanda or _a_ wakanda, but simply wakanda; and among the same tribes the moon is wakanda, and so is thunder, lightning, the stars, the winds, the cedar, and various other things; even The Siouan Indians
Things are still in the early stages and there may be some bumps along the road. Times, Sunday Times
Can't we all afford to buy more things? Times, Sunday Times
He had always basked in his parents' attention, but now things were different.
In other news, MovableType considers capital letters to come before lower case letters when alphabetising things.
There are some things a chappie's mind absolutely refuses to picture, and Aunt Julia singing 'Rumpty-tiddley-umpty-ay' is one of them. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories
Though I must say that when I've encountered such things, I could not help sending a rather pointed letter about plagiarism and its extreme inadvisability. Exactly.
For those things i don't talk about,it does not mean i don't know.
The film quite plausibly suggests that her interpretation makes the wrong things of the right ideas.
You can then take off with complete confidence, knowing that you have checked all the really vital things for the flight.
Without wishing to be unkind, it was student vegetable gloop (carrot, courgette, mushroom, turnip and barley in tomato sauce) with little herby scone things on the top.
I'm used to Emily saying things like that, so I don't take any notice, just nod and pick up a bottle of peach nectar off the shelf, slosh it around, wrinkle my nose.
As the morning slowly crept forward, more and more things began to stir.
Hell, I even understood certain imprints in my psyche better, which helped me figure out other things. Nonsense
Among other things, he told them the plant didn't have basic pollution control devices called baffles, which are required by the state. The Center for Public Integrity: Where regulators failed, citizens took action -- testing their own air
While some things bug Yagoda he despises "enthuse," for example, he has a healthy skepticism toward language extremists. Oh, the irony, part 2
So it's the smaller things that can be hidden in homes, set up and what they call a shoot and scoot, those type of things. CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2006
They both tried to talk of ordinary things for the few moments before that meal was announced, and then some kind of devilment seemed to come into Amaryllis -- nothing could have been more seductive or alluring than her manner, while keeping to strict convention. The Price of Things
But, hey, the show is so earnest and eager to please that such things are almost easy to overlook.
If this was the UK, I would expect to be ushered to a table (probably grumbling inwardly about the empty tables I passed on the way), then, once seated, make a curt nod and "hullo" to my table mates before either engaging in quiet conversation with my companion or looking pensively out of the window, trying hard to look like I'm thinking of Very Important Things. Amtrak adventures
we have too many things to do and must prioritize
Closed in terms of things being able to go on under the radar and away from the public glare. Times, Sunday Times
Few things grate a Canadian hockey fan more than seeing one of our national teams lose to an American team, especially when the game was decided by a lousy, fluky goal.
He lay looking at the ceiling, trying to puzzle things out.
In August 1864 the judge ordered, among other things, that the partnership be dissolved.
But look, when are we going to say that things that have gone on decades ago, or 10 years or more ago, should always be dredged up, just because there might be some political advantage to dredging it up?
He says the most sublime things without effort and he often finishes them by a turn of pleasantry which is neither misplaced nor far-fetched. A Philosophical Dictionary
And there's a good reason for that: Iron Man 2 opened to a strong week and recharged the public imagination on all things superpowerful. How Not To Act Like A Superhero
Animals surely greet the best parts of their lives with enjoyment: and surely actively seek out pleasurable things. Times, Sunday Times
In some things it may be well that emotion is greater than logic; but emotion _in logic_ is sad to contend with, sad even to contemplate -- and such is too often the reasoning of the untrained woman. Public Speaking
Even Lord of the Flies - which I love as a metaphor for many, many things, like the savagery of humanity - treats the children more as symbolic figures.
Bumper to bumper we proceeded, the road narrowed and things became hairy.
The teachings show that our spirit and body are infinitely connected to all the things around us.
But I have brought myself to do horrible things.
When you take the colour from things it robs the world of its vitality and wonder, and leaves things drab and lifeless.
The idea is to allow them to have more time doing other things - they will be beeped for the rides when their turn comes.
It came in a steady flood from Fang to me and, through me, to all the creepy-crawly things I could hurl at the ground and at the concrete, at the brick, and at the stone. Crossed
While I've been under the weather things have been growing in the fields and hedges, turning my little world back to a green and pleasant place.
We must resist the urge to mould people into the way things have always been done. Times, Sunday Times
Closely related to each other, this kind of photography will show such things as the development of a flower, or the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis.
It's just a noise that might attract some birds, particularly things like wrens and thornbills, and saffron whitefaces which we've just seen.
We do not think that something is beautiful merely to me, in the way that we might say that some things just happen to give me sensuous pleasure.
I've had the chance to do so many wonderful things, visit so many incredible places.
Now, as she started to talk about these things, I was eyeballing her from a distance.
One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family. Jonathan Safran Foer
Then, things became altogether fishier. Times, Sunday Times
But later, these things which some man has done because he loved you, and which you call foolish, will grow large in your life, and shine out strongly, and when you are discouraged and alone, you will take them out, and the memory of them will make you proud and happy. The Lion and the Unicorn
I've done some pretty naff things over the years, in the name of my work and it paid off.
In other words, forgiveness is for real sin, not for foibles, mistakes, excusable blunders, and things we can't help.
The very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.
Whether or not it is so, it is still funny that out of all things they prefer chickweed.
Aren't you getting things rather out of proportion?
I agree that the overhype is a risk, especially in combination with other things. The TV Addict Defends His Take on HEROES | the TV addict
These immortal ideas, things barely perceptible are the most precious things of life.
We had many family quarrels about it, and they began in time to grow up to a dangerous height; for as I was quite estranged form my husband (as he was called) in affection, so I took no heed to my words, but sometimes gave him language that was provoking; and, in short, strove all I could to bring him to a parting with me, which was what above all things in the world I desired most. Moll Flanders
But I've decided that there are some parts of the web community that I don't want to give up on, and that the best way I can contribute is to make the things that I'd want to see. Kick Me - Anil Dash
Many simple things, for example picking up an item, activating a switch or initiating a dialog, can be done with a single mouse click.
‘I want to go back to when things were so simple’ sings Weiss in a high-pitched hillbilly squeal on ‘Piggly Wiggly’.
Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace of happiness.
Inside the ‘wagon’ it lay bare except for some crates of different things used for casting spells.
There are motifs, themes, and recurring melodies, all the things you'd expect from one song blown up to forty minutes.
Was it a deviant thirst to find a lifelong fascination with such things? Times, Sunday Times
Most American designers are either obsessed with objective space or suffer from just trying to make things look cool - but here there is evidence of honesty, conceptualism and philosophy.
What seems to be of more use to people are specific things they can do to help them achieve these states.
Slap - up and ultra transparency toys, adult things, cupula material, sport equipment and seal rings etc.
Look, things just haven't been peachy for me, okay?
He asked me to put myself in his own situation, not married and being accused of all these things.
It reminds us of having to do things like install software, the most tedious of computer chores.
A corollary to this is that if you can get the little things right then you are much, much more likely to get the big things right.
Most of us blag our way into things all the time - jobs, clubs, etc.
Things like that John Byrne referred to as barnacles that needed scraping off when it came time to revamp Superman in the 80s. Doghouse of Solitude.
And, if you're illuminating things away from the house, like your trees, get some outdoor floodlight holders that you can spike right into the ground.
Then Hay wrestled a nylon bag crammed with playthings from the cargo space behind the third passenger seat.
According to Damascene (De Fide Orth. iii, 24), "to pray is to ask becoming things of God"; wherefore it is useless to pray for what is inexpedient, according to James 4: 3, "You ask, and receive not: because you ask amiss. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
The box was lined with soft paper to protect the things inside.
They also deliberated on the path-breaking innovations that changed things for the better.
I think one of the things that amazes is how these people – any of them – apparently don’t watch any television news. Think Progress » Pentagon Response to Katrina Based on Nonexistent “Dodged a Bullet” Headline
The former, in relation to a thing as being in the number of entities; (2.) the latter, in reference to something inherng in a thing, being present with it or one of its circumstantials -- or in reference to a thing as producing something else, or as being produced by some other -- and if there be any other affections and relations of things among themselves. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1
Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things. Muhammad Ali
It's not my or any working man's fault that the tax collected has been frittered away on other things. The Sun
I was briefly ruffled, because few things are held as closely and protectively as one's musical preferences.
The more secretive you get with your parents, the worst things will become.
I found it very difficult to drag myself back to the office after that, so after a quick conference with Paul I booked some holiday for mid-July when I got back to my desk and immediately felt better about things.
True it is, that one can scarcely call _that_ education which teaches woman everything except herself, -- _except_ the things that relate to her own peculiar womanly destiny, and, on plea of the holiness of ignorance, sends her without one word of just counsel into the temptations of life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859
The Town Hall seems fair game for criticism, but in fact there has been a concerted attempt, especially in the past few years, to get things moving.
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
Personally, I think DDOT is doing some good things in pedestrian/bike work, but doing this on NY Avenue right now may be too big a fish to fry. Matthew Yglesias » DDOT Decides That Speedy Cars are More Important than Pedestrian Safety
Lyon has been called many things, but never was the word vulnerable put to his name. The Lion’s Lady

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