Things in a sentence
English example sentences with "things"
I thought you liked to learn new things.
I have too many things on my mind these days.
You never have time for important things!
It's no use pretending to make me believe that I believe things you don't believe!
I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
There will always be things I will never learn, I don't have eternity before me!
It would be fun to see how things change over the years.
We don't see things as they are, but as we are.
These things aren't mine!
There are too many things to do!
My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!
People are often quite skeptical about things unless given believable proof.
You will say and do things your parents said and did, even if you swore you would never do them.
Sadly many people will believe things told to them via an email which they would find implausible face-to-face.
There are a lot of things you don't know about my personality.
There are things in this world which simply cannot be expressed in the form of words.
Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.
The problem with many things is the pre-conceived ideas we have about them!
Pick up your things and go away.
Wealth comes to those who make things happen, not to those who let things happen.
Wealth comes to those who make things happen, not to those who let things happen.
The world is divided into people who get things done, and people who get the credit.
More people get into trouble for things they say rather than for what they do.
In business today, too many executives spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't even like.
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse.
There's quite a lot of things to do; do you want some help?
If you take care of the small things, the big things will take care of themselves.
If you take care of the small things, the big things will take care of themselves.
You are no better at remembering things than I am.
You shouldn't do things by halves.
You bought the food, so if I buy the wine that will even things up.
Indeed you know a lot of things, but you're not good at teaching them.
You must take things as they are.
You always take things too easy.
Where are your things?
You must study hard and learn many things.
It's good to talk things over before you buy something.
You are hearing things.
But for air, all living things would die.
There are many things which we cannot evaluate in terms of money.
We see things differently according to whether we are rich or poor.
Modern technology gives us many new things.
Close things look blurred.
The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.
Milk can be made into butter, cheese, and many other things.
Cows supply us with many things we need.
You make mistakes if you do things in a hurry.
Be more careful. Rushing through things is going to ruin your work.
Strange things happened on her birthday.
Seen close-up, things have a way of showing their defects, their innate ugliness.
You shouldn't expect things to be easy.
I can't resist sweet things.
Don't buy things on credit.
Each person has his own way of doing things.
Altogether, things are going well.
Traveling abroad is one of my favorite things.
In conversation, one is likely to find out certain things about the other person quite easily.
We see things differently, according to whether we are rich or poor.
We talked of many things.
We should deny our children things too sweet.
All our things were turned upside down.
In days gone by, things were different.
Hanako seems quiet, but she also get things done when it's necessary.
Science as such is not interested in the value or worth of things.
All things must have an end.
Moderation in all things.
Best of all, he learns things fast.
Few things give us as much pleasure as music.
Distant things look blurred.
Don't attempt two things at a time.
Don't try to do two things at a time.
I can't do two things at a time.
No. I don't know. It's a lot of things.
The cheap prices tempted me to buy things I didn't need.
My love for you won't let me tell you everything. Some things are better left unsaid.
On the way to London Mr Higgins told Tom and Susie many interesting things.
The radio warned us of the coming earthquake and we started gathering our things.
Desperate men often do desperate things.
Try to see things as they really are.
If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
If the sun were to stop shining, all living things would die.
Other things being equal, the simplest explanation is the best.
If you are a member of a primitive community and you wish to produce, say, food, there are two things that you must do.
Take things a little more seriously.
I'm still feeling a little homesick and so many things seem strange to me.
He handled things wonderfully, playing it by ear the whole way. I have to say he did an excellent job.
I will not go to the length of saying such things.
I have some things in the hotel safe.
Many of the things Pizzaro had heard about the Inca treasure were true.
I noticed, among other things, that he was drunk.
Above all things, we must not be selfish.
Among other things, he has an eye for good pictures.
He's very forgetful of things.
Why can't you take things just as they are?
Department stores sell numerous things.
You can get all kinds of things to eat if you go to the free samples area in a department store.
Let's go and see as many things as we can.
Clear away the table things.
Don't get upset about small things. Try to think of things like a rich person who can afford not to argue.
Don't get upset about small things. Try to think of things like a rich person who can afford not to argue.
Don't waste your allowance on useless things.
How to Properly List Things in a Sentence
Lists are a popular way for people to stay organized. Perhaps you jot down grocery items or tasks you need to complete at work each day on a sticky note or your phone. But, when you need to communicate lists in writing and speech, you need to organize them in a manner to show importance and clarity to your audience.
Items aren’t the only thing you can make a list of either: ideas, claims, directions, and even complicated storylines can be integrated into a list format.
The biggest challenge I encounter when teaching English is how to punctuate list items properly.
Let’s look at how to write a sentence with a list below and where and when to use punctuation, so your information is clear to your reader.
What is the Best Way to Write a List?
When jotting down some quick list items for your eyes only (such as a simple grocery list), you probably don’t care what your lists look like. But list format matters when you have an audience.
Listing things in a sentence can contain simple items, such as what you might pick up from a store. Or a list might illustrate complicated directions or ideas to help support a claim. No matter the content, organization and punctuation matter, as does the proper grammar for listing items.
There are two types of lists: vertical and horizontal. Both are very useful and communicate ideas effectively when used in the proper context.
When to Use Vertical Lists
Vertical, bulleted lists are great to use when you need to make a very visual point concerning your list items. This style of organization is best used for emails and memos that are formal but brief and very specific in the information being shared.
It also works great to help break larger sentences into something quick and easy to view.
For example:
- Please bring the following to our meeting this Wednesday afternoon:
- A copy of your licensure certification
- Your available transportation dates
- A list of all students attending
- An overview of your trip itinerary
- The objectives of the lesson associated with the trip
It is also good for providing formal yet understandable directions.
For example:
- You’ll need the following ingredients for the bread-making class. Be sure to have them delivered by Tuesday afternoon for all 12 students:
- 4 lbs of flour
- 1 dozen eggs
- 1 can each of baking soda and baking powder
- 12 packets of yeast
- 1 block of sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 lbs fresh jalapeno peppers
Vertical lists are also the preference for a quick, informal item listing for personal use.
For example:
Grocery List
- Milk
- Butter
- Eggs
- Bread
When to Use Horizontal Lists
Horizontal lists are best used when writing out more complicated ideas in paragraph form.
They work well for quick lists and are also the preference for writing dialog. These can be used in both formal and informal writing, especially when sharing complicated ideas or thoughts.
For example:
- My frustration with the students had to do with their complete apathy toward the material, their disregard for wasted time, and their inability to realize how their actions were affecting their future.
- I need you to run to the store to pick up a few items: milk, butter, eggs, and bread.
- On our road trip, we passed through Fort Worth, Texas, where we spent a day at the Stockyards; Orlando, Florida, to visit my brother and his family; and Garden City, South Carolina, because I have a condo there.
How to Punctuate a List in a Sentence
Knowing the correct punctuation for list items is very important to avoid running your items together and creating a jumble of words. Lists not only use commas to separate items but also use colons and semicolons when the occasion arises.
Comma List Rules
If you list three or more words, prepositional phrases, or clauses in a series, you need to use a comma to separate them. The comma placed between the final two items is called an Oxford (or serial) comma. Some people feel this is an unnecessary punctuation mark, but its use helps provide a visual separation to avoid confusion.
Use Commas to Separate Three or More Words
Commas separate words in a simple list of items to ensure your reader that they are separate items and not the same thing.
For example:
- After work, I need to run to the grocery, laundry, and daycare.
Use Commas to Separate Three or More Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional phrases add detail to your sentence’s main topic. Commas help separate these details to create understandable information.
For example:
- Mykayla won the scholarship due to her detailed essay writing, her intrinsic motivation, and her interview preparation.
Use Commas to Separate Three or More Clauses
Clauses are detailed and consist of multiple words. A comma creates organization and structure, so your reader understands the information you share.
For example:
- The high school marching band was plagued by many disappointments over the weekend when the bus they were traveling on got a flat tire, the competition they were performing in rained out after the first round, and the trip home took twice as long due to the rain.
When Not to Use a Comma
If your list items are already separated by coordinating conjunctions or you list pairs of items, you don’t have to use commas between them.
For example:
- I went to the farm store for chicken and horse and dog food.
- I love to make bacon and eggs, biscuits and gravy, and toast and jelly for breakfast.
Colon List Rules
Colons follow an independent clause to connect the information that follows with the main topic.
When a colon introduces a list, what precedes it must be a complete sentence, even if the list is vertical.
Use a Colon to Introduce a List Horizontally
Horizontal lists are lists that are integrated into the sentence following the colon placement.
For example:
- The school drill went flawlessly: everyone was organized, students stayed quiet, and the meeting place made it easy to take a head count.
Use a Colon to Introduce a List Vertically
If you use a colon to introduce a vertical list, you still need to place it after a complete sentence. Vertical lists work well for simple lists, or to list fragments when creating horizontal lists may create confusing or long sentences.
For example:
- I love stopping by my favorite local coffee house for breakfast items:
- A choice of hot or iced coffee
- Homemade breakfast pastries
- Sandwiches made to order
Use a Colon to List Abbreviations
You can also use colons to list abbreviations.
For example:
- MI: Michigan
- SYP: Student Youth Program
When NOT to Use a Colon
Colons should not be used after headings, titles, or captions to introduce information. There are many other options you can use to indicate formatting.
For example:
- Font size
- Bold font
- Indentations
- Underlining
- Color changes
Semicolon List Rules
Semicolons are used to conjoin two complete sentences related to one another. It can also replace a comma and coordinating conjunction pair to avoid the repetitive use of and.
When used to separate list items, semicolons help create a division between elements that already include a comma. This can be as simple as city and state combinations or work to help clarify complex lists that contain descriptive instruction.
Use a Semicolon to List Locations
Semicolons are used to punctuate complex lists that include cities, states, and countries.
Since commas are necessary to properly punctuate locations, a semicolon is needed if more than one is used in a series.
For example:
- I’m using my vacation days this year to road trip through Moab, Utah; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; and a stop to ski in Banff, Alberta, Canada before heading back home.
Use a Semicolon to Divide Events
Descriptive events that contain a comma should be separated by a semicolon if they are listed within a sentence.
For example:
- Our trip to the Kennedy Space Center included a walking tour of the shuttle Atlantis, which is on display in the memorial building; a break in the Planet Play Zone, where children are immersed in space exploration; and an astronaut training experience, a real-life encounter with astronaut training scenarios.
Use a Semicolon for Descriptive Instructions
If your sentence includes detailed, punctured instructions, you will need to separate these steps using a semicolon.
For example:
- Before our field trip on Friday, I need you all to complete the following information in advance: one, your physical health release; two, your physics worksheet on forces; three, your confirmed group members complete with contact information.
Use a Semicolon to Provide Detail
When including descriptive elements in your list items, you should include semicolons if the descriptions are already punctuated.
For example:
- The luncheon included ham, turkey, and vegetable finger sandwiches with delicate cheeses; fresh melons, strawberries, and grapes with a sweet dipping sauce; and a choice of decadent fruit sorbets, tartlets, or hand-dipped chocolates for dessert.
When NOT to Use a Semicolon
Do not use a semicolon to replace a comma unless the list item that follows already includes comma punctuation. Also, do not use a semicolon to replace a colon. Semicolons do not introduce a list.
Let’s Review
Including lists in your writing to create descriptions and detail is an excellent way to create varied sentence structure.
Although you don’t want to depend upon it too heavily, there are many ways to punctuate your items when you begin to include phrases and clauses within your list organization.
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Sentences with the word "thing"
We found 80 sentences with the word "thing". Synonyms for "thing". Meaning of the word. Characters. "thing" - morphemic parsing. The meaning of the word thing.
- Such a prosaic thing as a piece of ordinary tarpaulin played a huge role in the life of a tank crew.
- The first self-examination revealed a terrible, even catastrophic thing .
- And it turned out a terrible thing : a peasant, even a literate one, does not read propaganda pamphlets at all. nine0008
- But I immediately understood one thing about biology : it is easy to find a very interesting question in it, which no one can answer.
- In any case, this marriage did not bring happiness to Philip, because his new wife was madly in love with only one thing in the world ?
- The smell of music or dreams, any thing that would almost make you feel, any thing that would make you not think.
- Beautiful thing arouses the desire to work, but do not mimic if you are already a man and not a monkey. nine0008
- Bestuzhev-Ryumin a striking thing is revealed.
- Often a servant was sent to the merchant, who tossed some thing or himself stayed with it in the shop.
- She glued some bright stuff on item from Woolworth and asked for $50 for it.
- Andersen imagined that he had written a beautiful thing , and many supported him in this delusion.
- He will be much more comfortable if this thing will be bad.
- Something like could only happen to the Germans.
- Solid, fashionable item , which, moreover, could serve its owner for decades, will always come in handy in the household.
- Responding to Skanderbek's request to send Ruslan, which was then being printed, he wrote to him: “Here is a glorious thing that did not reach its goal!
- Not like thing , but like a living creature, and called her Murzik.
nine0008 - I will tell you now a thing that you will never forget.
- Item , real item has aesthetic value.
- When there is a fire or moving from house to house, what is his favorite item that he takes with him?
- Since the orchestra knew this thing , Strauss had to do nothing more than strike the beat, which he did with "the courage of desperation".
- In reality it was a thing unthinkable, but in a dream such a detail did not surprise at all. nine0008
- The fact that in Soviet Russia there is such a thing as the Criminal Code, he heard from me for the first time in his life.
- But since childhood, he had wonderful abilities: he could find the missing thing , the lost cattle.
- For a politician, this thing , he considered, is absolutely unacceptable.
- Politics terrible thing deadly thing .
- Quintus Minucius will never covet item belonging to a tribesman.
- Let's note one more thing : the number of Putin's close relatives has been growing by leaps and bounds lately.
- The difference will be only in degree, but the degree itself thing is secondary.
- But literature is such a thing : in it nonsense sometimes makes the most sense.
- By the way, upon arrival in Moscow, Furtseva wanted to take away this award from her: they say, such a beautiful thing should be in my office. nine0008
- A similar name denotes an item defined by generic characteristics, but cannot denote any individual, special item .
- Having bought any thing cheaply in this way, the blacksmith immediately sold it at the same bazaar, but already for its real price.
- Thing is useful for the state in days of difficulty and superfluous in days of prosperity.
- I see only one good thing in all this, because in general I think that any distraction, no matter how unimportant it may be, is excellent item .
- No, I do not pretend that my thing will certainly please everyone.
- I noticed this thing : if you have some success, magazines are much less likely to write "We won't do it."
- You feel great, you are plastic, that is, when you depict item , you see it and feel it with your hands!
- And what a strange thing Andrey Alekseevich suddenly discovered.
- Can't you do what is necessary for the people item ?
- And such a thing has to be written by the author of "Poor People", "Notes from the House of the Dead", "Crime and Punishment".
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- Such a thing would mean finis Germaniae[20 - End of Germany (lat.).].
- Especially if the item is small, inconspicuous.
- Of course, there was only one crucible of this steel, but it was a real thing .
- Everything will collapse if he likes this item .
- With this note, the kids fly to the shopkeeper, and he picks up the right thing .
- Changes in crews item in this case is conditional.
- But the matter is complicated by the fact that this thing is valuable, and I am very afraid that you might think that I want to have an ornament, and not a memory.
- The fact is that in US concert halls there is an unspoken rule: everything that lies on the floor is regarded as " thing to throw away." nine0008
- It was there that the actor learned the terrible thing : it turns out that many actors who played the role of Ivan the Terrible suddenly died.
- Now, together with dad, we could lift and drag any thing for thirty meters, and the matter got off the ground.
- And I realized that item has a great price.
- Since then I don't remember that any Russian or foreign item captured me so much, even in my younger years.
- Until now, this item is lying around somewhere.
- The brother, who understood me better, said that they undoubtedly compose there, and do not learn and disassemble the new thing .
- Could take away any thing , for example a diary.
- Each new item I start writing like the first one, with fear.
- One and only thing I really understood in that first post-war summer.
- When it was objected to the king that thing this is not created by the art of masters, the king was angry at first.
- There are legends, fables, anecdotes, but there are also undoubted facts which, in Stalin's own words, are a stubborn thing .
- And I was also shocked by one thing , which will continue to surprise me very much in the future.
- Each item found its old dents in the floor.
- And when the item you are using starts bubbling, you involuntarily try to pop it off. nine0008
- Grandmother was inclined to do the same and showed things to Kalmyks visiting the farm.
- Lyubimov furnishes this revolutionary item very effectively.
- And my fee was also increased for this second thing in a row, , which I printed, therefore, in just three months, from October 1860.
- You can also say that my life, which I sacrifice, is not a certain thing that I leave in order to receive another item .
- From this side, thing , and especially in reading, has a kind of fortress.
- She was for the artist, well, like thing in the house, which does its job.
- Only one thing could stop Alexander in his greedy desire to possess everything ?
- He also understood one more thing : both he and Coriolanus were also sentenced to death.
- Although the bullet removed from your body is not item .
- She gives you item , of course, with the words "Monsier".
- Moreover: I don't like and don't read any of my things printed.
- Aleksey grabbed a knife (“it was the only thing left by my mother after my father”) and hit his stepfather in the side with the obvious intention of killing him.
- After all, I myself sometimes, not wanting to offend a friend, can praise thing that I did not really like.
- But then, at the very beginning, a terrible item .
- Even if he stole something far away and hid this item .
- The river resembled the thing in itself, kept its own secrets.
- Thing turned out no worse and no better than any comic opera from the retinue of The Barber of Seville.
- Priestley (a paradox, but this item was considered his most unfortunate).
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| Talk to someone from another political party to see things differently. | |
| Our view of things is so limited that we cannot do without labels and conventions, and we are trying to figure out how we can decipher them and apply them in our lives. | |
| I believe that understanding is the ability to look at things from different points of view. | |
| What I am trying to achieve here is to convey to you that understanding and changing your view of things are closely related to each other. | |
| The ability to look at things from different angles is absolutely necessary for people. | |
| My conclusion is that in order to deeply understand something, you need to be able to look at things from different angles. | |
| People always have a preconceived notion of things. | |
| And new ways of looking at things that they have never seen before | |
| So I think that men like to spend money on their own things, while women can spend more money on things for the family, well, not I know. | |
| It's about allowing yourself to look at things from a completely different perspective. | |
| Just gives us the standard way of looking at things for the time and place. nine0003 | |
| I am free to see things my way, draw my own conclusions, choose my own life. | |
| Hermione, who returned the day before the beginning of the semester, had a different outlook on things. | |
| This tells us that something beautiful and touching that gives us a new look at things cannot be expressed in another language. | |
| And since I'm over forty years old and an independent person with no party affiliation, I have no other way to influence things than to run for Senator or President. nine0003 | |
| We see things differently depending on whether we are rich or poor. | |
| If you look at things realistically, then Moscow is at stake no less than Washington. | |
| I got older, so I began to look at things differently. | |
| Growing up, he learned to look at things more broadly. | |
| Here are a number of examples of how you can simply use your eyes, how you can look at things for the first time, look at them in a new way, and how to seize the opportunity to create something new. nine0003 | |
| Perhaps there is still time for you to look at things with a clear head. | |
| It makes you look at things differently, and so on and so forth. | |
| In this age of fingerprint technology, we still refer to things in bits and pieces. | |
| She will bring him a fortune that can make any reasonable, prudent, sober looking man happy. nine0003 | |
| Finally, there were also such fragments that went to glasses, but the trouble was if people put them on in order to look at things and judge them more correctly! | |
| But it turned out that Pavel looked at things even more gloomily than even the censor who moderated Voskoboinikov's agrarian passions. | |
| What did it cost me to disperse these dull thoughts and make him look at things more cheerfully! | |
| The guys began to exchange cards for things they didn't have yet. | |
| It's enough for me to look at things, I don't need to write about them. | |
| Our job is to look at things logically. | |
| I use them to look at things. And what I'm seeing right now is a big fat liar. | |
| Walter, who was distinguished by his playful mind and skeptical outlook on things, in the interval between two courses, let out a few sharp words on this subject. nine0003 | |
| I'm not as bright as Mr. Weston. | |
| You see, I look at things more gloomily than your friend the papist priest. | |
| Oh, don't humiliate love in this way. And most importantly - be afraid to humiliate yourself, looking from a single point of view on things that are incompatible. | |
| It seems to me that this is a surprisingly selfish way of looking at things, Philip said. nine0003 | |
| She stood motionless for a minute, looking at the things left in the memory of John Wilkes. | |
| Aquilina mia (My Aquilina (ital.)), more than ever I share your gloomy view of things, Euphrasia picked up. | |
| This gentleman's meetings with Mr. Twakome were almost never without controversy, because their views on things were diametrically opposed. | |
| I was angry a lot about things that mean nothing now. | |
| What about money for jalopy stuff? | |
| And again with us the program People similar to things. | |
| I want you to see things right. | |
| Jamie and Charlie were looking for markets that sold options very cheaply on things they thought would never happen. | |
| Such ideals, such an elevated view of things. | |
| She looks at things in some incomprehensible way, and now you are infected by her? | |
| A broad perspective also means that we don't immediately take everything he says for granted. | |
| The only reason, my friend, is that in you I noticed a somewhat more prudence and a clearer view of things than in both of our fools. nine0003 | |
| Frank has a peculiar way of looking at things, not like everyone else. | |
| We explain that we are guards, and since we know what is where, we bring canned food and exchange it for things that we do not have enough. | |
| I am a doctor and always look at things soberly and objectively. | |
| A specific point of view on things | |
| It was necessary to move very carefully, not to bump into things, so as not to make a fuss. | |
| They definitely changed the way she reacts to things, even the way she feels skyrockets, and let's face it, women are always in danger. | |
| Undoubtedly, such a view of things is fundamentally wrong. | |
| Being so strongly associated with art, I tend to look at things from a purely aesthetic point of view. nine0003 | |
| She has such ideals and views on things that she cannot be compared... - ...to today's girls. | |
| So you don't know how to look at things from the outside. | |
| What a serious and moral outlook on things! thought Lichonin with an evil mockery. | |
| I can confess this to my daughter, who looks at things philosophically enough to understand this indifference and not consider it a crime. nine0003 | |
| Cowperwood did not look at things from such a moral and altruistic standpoint. 
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