add to this/that

idiom

—often used informally to introduce a statement about something that makes a thing or situation better, worse, more important, etc.

We were given little time to finish. Add to this the fact that nobody helped us, and you can understand why we were angry.

Examples of add to this/that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mark Mazur: And just to add to that a little bit, on the corporate side, there's a lot of noncompliance. —Robert Goulder, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

The contract will pay him $9 million with incentives that could add to that. —Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024

Pexfix Full Length Mirror Simple lines and elegant minimalism add to this full-length mirror’s allure. —Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024

The occasional rainbows add to this beach’s natural beauty. —Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

In the last 25 years, at least 70 species of prehistoric marine animals have been identified from fossils in the cave, and the two new shark discoveries add to that growing total. Especially noteworthy, T. trimblei belongs to an entirely new genus. —Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024

The new fossils help add to that murky picture and suggest that, by the Jurassic period, lampreys had already evolved their predatory feeding structures and larger body size. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023

What does that specific location add to this story, besides the running joke about nobody there having a basement? —Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2023

The armed guards add to that atmosphere, always present during Veelenturf’s nighttime beach patrols. —Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024