How to Use the thing with/about in a Sentence

the thing with/about

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• Here’s the thing about growing up – your taste buds grow up too.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 23 June 2023
• But here’s the thing about big-time pro sports stars in the Olympics.
  — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 July 2024
• And that’s the thing about art is it is not supposed to be linear.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
• But the thing about baseball — there’s a game on the schedule.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
• But the thing about baseball — there’s a game on the schedule.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• And so the thing about filming is that the schedule is the schedule.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
• Remember, the thing about Woot is that their deals don't last.
  — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
• Catherine goes to see Peter and tells him to do the thing with the tongue.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
• Hope may be the thing with feathers, but this bunch of feathers is hopeless.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 July 2022
• Because the thing about math is that if one step has an error in it, the whole thing can fall apart.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
• Here’s the thing about leaks – even ones that seem small eventually spread.
  — Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• That's the thing about it — all the pieces can dress up, dress down, mix and match, layer or be worn as is.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
• But the thing about Markle’s style is that there’s a timeless, rather than trendy, air about it.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
• Kyung Hee did the thing with her hands in front of her mouth, to contain her laughter.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• These kids couldn’t do the thing with the DeLorean to save their lives.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2023
• Or maybe there are writers out there who have actually tried the thing with their own hands.
  — Dwyer Murphy may 16, Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
• That’s the thing about the Serengeti—conditions can change on short notice.
  — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
• But that's the thing about a new football season — there's always hope this will be the year your team turns it around.
  — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
• However, the thing with a lot of the blockbuster veterans is their age.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
• That’s the thing with so many former players who tasted success with the Bears.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
• But the thing about them is the trauma is not just in the past; the trauma is today and tomorrow, right?
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• As the guitar player in his band in the ‘80s, the thing about playing with him is that voice was like this big oak tree.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2024
• With regard specific to your question, the thing about Uma is her respect for the process is so great.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 July 2025
• That’s the thing about all of the backlash about the diversity on the show — this is New York City.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 July 2025