George accepted the compliment in silence with his usual modesty, considerably encouraged by his teacher's words to persevere in doing things well.
Mixed with his usually grave and practical way of doing things, they show more of the cheerful, roguish boy than is accorded to George by writers in general.
The nice people here just as everywhere else; the people who have been well educated and have fine sensibilities, and who believe in modesty, and unselfishness and thorough ways of doing things.
Her own idea of doing things was to do them quickly and brilliantly, arriving at conclusions, as became an American, with prompt energy and despatch.
You musn't be too afraid, Wilbur, of producing something American, and you mustn't be too afraid of the American ways of doing things.
Selma appreciated from what she had observed of the conduct of Wilbur's nurse that there was a wrong and a right way of doing things, but she blamed Dr.
Art is the expression of man's joy in his work; and art is the beautiful way of doing things.
King Louis had a very unkinglike way of doing things, and used to go by the studio and whistle for Thorwaldsen and call to him to come out and walk, or drive, ride or dine.
He hated the thought of doing things on order, especially killing men when told.
It was neither a merit nor a defect, but simply an American way of doing things.
It is figuratively true to say that the war we have just won was a peculiar kind of advertising campaign, designed to make the Germans and Japanese like us and our way of doing things.
Standard Oil' has its own way of doing things," he replied.
All right, Mr. Rogers; I have never contended that there were as many dollars in my way of doing things as in yours--as many dollars for us.
For the boy the teacher should be a man, a Christian man, who has personality enough to command the boy's respect, and ability enough to direct the boy in doing things.
He is generally the boy who grows up without any sense of consistency, and who has had very much his own way of doing things.
They have experience enough to know that they are able to do things themselves, and they have discovered enough things to give them a basis of doing things on their own account.
Many men attain a knowledge of what is perfect, and of their own insufficiency, and go on doing thingsby halves to the end of their days.
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into a usage.
A certain way of doing things" means as much to him, at heart, as it means little to the circular-faced people.
If you doubt it try this test: bring to mind any intimate friends, or even that husband or wife, and note how few changes they have made in their way of doing things in twenty years!
He is intent on getting his desires satisfied by DOING things, not by looking them.
There are a good many anecdotes afloat about him and his odd way of doing things, before he grew up to manhood.
The history of the human race is full of the most horrible tragedies caused by carelessness and the inexcusable blunders of those who never formed the habit of accuracy, of thoroughness, of doing things to a finish.
The entire person takes on the characteristics of one's usual way of doing things.
Early in life we should have started our foundation for doing things in the cause of others.
Books by such men as Marden and Hubbard are great generators of the electricity of doing things.
A vast magnetic force comes out of those friends of ours who are doing things and making the world sit up and take notice.
And, after all, most of the really good work of the world is done on honor, from the normal human pleasure in doing things well, and pride in being known to do things well.
It was thus exceedingly difficult for it to conceive of any other ways of doing things; the ancestral customs were accepted as inevitable, like the sun and the rain.
It's the up-to-date way of doing things, and it's the only way to be a military success.
In old times we took the news as it came along, and that was all that was expected of us; but if we tried that way of doing things now, we'd have to shut up shop in a week.
It is no less easy to step into a work already begun amidst such different surroundings and new ways of doing things, and find the work pressing in on all sides.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "doing things" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
