How to Use this and that in a Sentence
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Naylor said he’s learned a little of this and that from all of them.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
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This is not going to work structurally, this and that.
—Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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So luckily for us, there’s only one way from this and that’s up.
—Cliff Brunt, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
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Timmons maintains not all friendships are primed for this and that’s ok.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
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So there is a real readiness impact to all of this and that concerns me.
—Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 18 Aug. 2023
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Drinking sugar, adding sugar, this and that.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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There could have been a quicker resolution to this and that would have meant prices come down.
—Sooji Nam, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
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There’s family coming, there’s this and that.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
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Our temples were pounding, and our hearts were hurting, and this and that and the other.
—oregonlive, 8 May 2023
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Stews that accommodate this and that.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
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Oh, God—and this and this and that and the other out there somewhere, way out there and way up there.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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There were all these articles from the time about how it was decorated and this and that.
—Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
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All sorts of specialists can tell you about limitations for this and that.
—Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
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Fake this and that, taking advantage of people.
—Larry Seward, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
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Pokémon cards and Little Mermaid this and that, stuff their own kids had at home.
—Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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Eisner is president of a sports team, a network, studios, this and that.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Apr. 2023
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Collage is a scrappy medium, put together with this and that.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
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At the quarterback, people want to make storylines and all these things about the next guy and this and that.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
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There are a lot of criteria on governance, on this and that, and a lot of procedures.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2013
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Many teams can easily just break and start pointing finger, blaming each other for this and that.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2025
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My brother and my dad are helping me, paying that amount of money for my practice, paying for this and that.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
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And whenever there's a human element, there's going to be mess-ups and this and that.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
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An adventure among the mustangs, the chaparrals, the arroyos, the wide purple this and that.
—Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
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Hilarity then ensued in the form of mini one-on-one fights between this and that player.
—Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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The game is going to move more, there’s going to be more action, there’s going to be some quirky taking advantage of this and that.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
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In 1989, Hanks made this and that dog movie … and then wisely moved in a whole new direction.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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After three decades of existential this and that, the climate-change campaigners may have finally found a bridge too far.
—Kent Lassman, National Review, 15 Nov. 2022
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Lindsay said there's no straightforward reason for this and that different routes will see better deals on various days.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
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Not all photography festivals are able to reflect this and that is very gratifying.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
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Everyone has an opinion on this and that has created polarization and unrest among Democrats.
—Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
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