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Example sentences for "doing anything"

  • Besides, if all knowledge and science is put out of the question, then there is an end also of all settled principles of living and of doing anything.

  • Defn: The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

  • The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production.

  • For myself, I am fighting my way on in the world against difficulties, and it would be ridiculous if I made a pretence of doing anything else.

  • The idea of dressing one's self, or doing anything in the way of action, in that state of love, was a little too ridiculous.

  • He's that obstinate, there's no doing anything with 'im.

  • He had come to the conclusion that a man had no chance of doing anything so long as he was in contact with art and artists: the only thing was to get right away.

  • It would have looked so funny to say nothing when he said he wasn't doing anything.

  • I do not think he had much chance of doing anything.

  • There was a crowd there, but didn't seem to be doing anything--nobody was doing anything.

  • The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

  • Well, he isn't hopping or doing anything at all this time," said Seumas.

  • No, I was not thinking or doing anything.

  • He had a small body and wide legs, and he wasn't doing anything.

  • Nothing can be proved; and we should not be justified in doing anything on mere suspicion.

  • The inmates of the house and the neighbors who had gathered appeared to be in utter confusion, and incapable of doing anything, if there was anything that could be done.

  • She was a slight and simple looking lady to be doing anything so large as stemming the tide of a revolutionary impulse.

  • There was no doing anything about it," he said with a sigh.

  • He said he wasn't doing anything, just feeding his cow a bit: he wouldn't make me the least trouble in the world.

  • There was no use of doing anything at the dingy office.

  • That is just the way with you men--as soon as you see women succeeding in doing anything independently, you head them off by matrimony.

  • And not for the sake of doing anything--just winning?

  • Last night," he said, "there was no sense in doing anything.

  • There is not the faintest scintilla of hope in my doing anything whatever.

  • There was no likelihood of anyone coming by at dawn, and no possibility of doing anything if anyone did come.

  • But I fancy the Kaiser is far too truly attached to his mother's country to think of doing anything really to injure us!

  • I don't mean that--I don't mean that a man who becomes a soldier in time of war is doing anything foolish!

  • Wilmet; 'as if Edgar ever thought of doing anything so unselfish in his life!

  • We ain't doing anything to Cherry,' said Lance, amazed.

  • It seems to me a proof of the small advance our race has made in true wisdom, that we find it so hard to give up doing anything we have meant to do.

  • They are all of them ones not coming to be doing anything to make any one afraid to be one going to be left alone with all of them, with any of them.

  • These were then not ones completely doing anything again.

  • They are all of them ones that any one can be certain are ones that will not ever be doing anything.

  • They are all of them ones that are ones not going to be doing anything to make any one certain that they would be afraid again if they were going on doing that thing.

  • Those who know your story would sooner think of giving you a public reception, than of saying or doing anything to injure your feelings.

  • They did not seem to be doing anything, or to be walking for any purpose.

  • It would do no harm, though he had but slight expectations of doing anything.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "doing anything" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    baptismal regeneration; doing anything; doing business; doing here; doing nothing; doing something; doing things; doing this; doing well; doing what; doing work; doing wrong; family income; group marriage; her long; immense size; love itself; metallic arsenic; much harm; public matters; several persons; special interests; stiff brush; sweet butter; this remarkable; virtuous conduct