How to Use the scheme of things in a Sentence

the scheme of things

noun phrase

• Even the sour ones had their place in the scheme of things.
  — CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
• In the scheme of things, how big is this Tate Modern show for you?
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
• Certainly, Allen on Wednesday anticipated some fast-forwarding into the scheme of things.
  — Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
• And something more substantial, even, than the ongoing oddity of just where Washington Square Park fits into the scheme of things as it’s gone from an evident linchpin of the project to an apparent afterthought.
  — Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
• With plans to establish permanent outposts on the Moon and send missions to Mars, food starts to take on a much more serious place in the scheme of things – even more so than on the ISS because there's a huge incentive to live off the land.
  — David Szondy october 19, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025