The thingness of the antique vase made the curator pause, feeling its history in every chip and glaze.

The thing of it is that we don't have enough time to complete the report properly.

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

In the nature of things, projects delayed by supply shortages often take longer than initially planned.

She hears things at night that no one else seems to notice.

Walking through the old museum late at night, I kept hearing things that no one else seemed to notice.

Last night I heard things moving in the attic, but when I checked there was nothing there.

I moved the near things closer to the center so everyone could reach them.

Please put the close things in the basket so we can move them easily.

After recovering from her illness, she quickly found herself back in the swim of things at work.