When the rumor spread that the town was haunted, the librarian said, no such thing, and continued shelving books.

Philosophers debated the thingnesses of everyday objects, trying to articulate what makes each item 'a thing'.

By the looks of things, the meeting will be postponed until next week.

When you travel, these things happen, and you just have to go with the flow.

She polished the tea-things until they gleamed before the guests arrived.

She saved for months so she could treat herself to the finer things.

I bumped into Mark at the café and asked, 'how are things' before we ordered.

I'm not seeing things; there's really a small fox on the garden wall.

She refused to let the memory of Bad Things define the rest of her life.

Philosophers debated whether things-in-themselves could ever be known or only inferred.