Examples of doing in a Sentence
It's the doing of the good deed that is important, not the thanks you receive.
is that mess in the kitchen your doing?
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One level focusses on the doings of the Creator; another gives us a more familial version of the creation story.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Chrishell Stause Shares Sweet Photo of Her and G Flip Holding Hands: ‘Love This Pic’
Reposting the video on her own Story, Stause revealed that the sweet pillow gesture was not actually her own doing.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
But that’s easier said than done—and the doing truly does look tricky.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
All these hyperbolic and chaotic doings are portrayed as just the way of the world, and the seeming disorder of Harry’s life comes off as the natural order of things.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
The space that Cotton earned at the table was all her own doing, as the film makes abundantly clear.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
There was no word on what prompted her to do what she was seen on video doing.
—CBS News, 26 July 2023
For better or for worse, Friday’s skies gave us news of doings on the ground, telling of wildfires, foreign and domestic.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
Company doings are often initiated by one or two people who get the collective co-worker social ball rolling.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Chrishell Stause Shares Sweet Photo of Her and G Flip Holding Hands: ‘Love This Pic’
Reposting the video on her own Story, Stause revealed that the sweet pillow gesture was not actually her own doing.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
But that’s easier said than done—and the doing truly does look tricky.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
All these hyperbolic and chaotic doings are portrayed as just the way of the world, and the seeming disorder of Harry’s life comes off as the natural order of things.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
The space that Cotton earned at the table was all her own doing, as the film makes abundantly clear.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
There was no word on what prompted her to do what she was seen on video doing.
—CBS News, 26 July 2023
For better or for worse, Friday’s skies gave us news of doings on the ground, telling of wildfires, foreign and domestic.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
Company doings are often initiated by one or two people who get the collective co-worker social ball rolling.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of doing was
in the 14th century
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“Doing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doing. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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