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Example sentences for: things

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The attitude expressed by Emperor Qianlong at Britian’s first attempt to open trade with China in 1793 continued to prevail: “We possess all things,” said the emperor, “I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country’s manufactures.”
One of the nicest things about Judaism--along with Uma Thurmond, knishes, and irony--is its traditional lack of proselytizing zeal.
I think this says nice things about us as a society and nice things about Beatty's colorist.
The ideas he examines, often with insight and delicacy, have to do with things like past vs. future, loss of community, and excessive skepticism.
Thus, when a dictionary is touted as the one used by such-and-such a newspaper, readers should think back to the number of times that paper has been cited in SIC ³--seldom for the kinds of things that dictionaries have much bearing on--and discount the claims for “adoption” as so much hype.