a thing

phrase

: anything

—used in negative statements

I can't see a thing without my glasses on.

The guests will be here soon, and I don't have a thing (that is appropriate) to wear.

Don't worry about a thing. I'll take care of everything.

She doesn't look a thing like her older sister.

His new album doesn't sound a thing like his last one.

Examples of a thing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Klara And The Sun by Kazuo IshiguroBooks have been a thing with the family since Ora was in middle school. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

The cast is game, too, particularly Son Sang-kyu, who is very funny as a feckless chatterbox with a thing for retro record players, and Moon Choi, who plays the moodier, more legitimately aggrieved of two Song daughters. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

The average price of a gallon of gas in the USA was 33 to 34 cents, pay and rotary phones were still a thing and the debut of the internet still was 20 years away. — Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

The stereotype of an introverted software developer, siloed in an office far removed from the rest of the organization, will become a thing of the past. — Alberto Lugo, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for a thing

• bowstring
• coiling
• downswing
• drawstring
• forewing
• hamstring
• lapwing
• mainspring
• offspring
• plaything
• shoestring
• texting