How to Use have a way of (being something or doing something) in a Sentence

have a way of (being something or doing something)

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• The best late-night guests have a way of taking a show hostage.
  — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 18 June 2025
• Stress and burnout have a way of creeping back into your thoughts.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
• And moms have a way of keeping their kids up on dad’s failures.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Sometimes big new ideas have a way of taking hold in the states first.
  — Brady Dale, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
• Of course, these things often have a way of working themselves out.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024
• Our minds have a way of changing, though, as do our circumstances.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 May 2025
• Some shows just have a way of getting better with each passing season.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• The Irish have a way of combining high-brow ideas with belly laughs.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
• Chocolate morsels and brown sugar have a way of sweetening up any recipe.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
• Dirt and grime have a way of getting into all of our devices and not many of us like to deal with that.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
• These things have a way of working themselves out, so maybe everything will be fine.
  — Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
• That’s because repressed emotions have a way of clawing their way back.
  — Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
• Meanwhile, traders have a way of clustering around a certain price.
  — Brady Dale, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
• Eclipses have a way of breaking the bones of your life and forcing you to heal in a different shape.
  — Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
• Though, sometimes the best travel accessories have a way of finding you.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
• Our furry friends have a way of worming their way into our hearts and homes, often claiming a spot in our own beds.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
• Chris and Morgane have a way of keeping their fingers on the pulse by hearing what cuts through the lens of time.
  — Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 29 May 2025
• But more often than not, their songs have a way of washing over the listener rather than banging them over the head with sound.
  — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
• But regrets have a way of fading, and the backlash was never strong enough to get the act fully overhauled.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Does the hole have a way of ensuring that the basic events of the timeline stay intact even as the details get tweaked?
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 May 2024
• With crowds, unpredictable weather and traffic, even the best travel prep can have a way of falling apart.
  — Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
• With crowds, unpredictable weather and traffic, even the best travel prep can have a way of falling apart.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Fast facial The holidays have a way of leaving everyone a bit tense, run down and, well, puffy.
  — Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
• Lakeway, Texas Days have a way of feeling long—in a good way—in this town on serene Lake Travis.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Country Living, 18 Apr. 2023
• Crises in Lebanon have a way of spilling far beyond the nation's borders; and unless checked, this one will prove no different.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024
• Succession, Barry and Ted Lasso may have a way of sucking up all the air in the room.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2023
• Reservations and inhibitions have a way of slipping away in the Snake Pit.
  — Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
• Perhaps one of these things will happen; the Kremlin and the Ukrainian army both have a way of springing surprises.
  — Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2022
• Maybe critics are destined to be a little old fashioned, have a way of thinking about the world that’s shaped by what happened 10 or 20 years ago.
  — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2021
• Andy Elisburg, Adam Simon and the rest of the front office also have a way of creating turnarounds.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023