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Example sentences for "doing what"

  • And probably to some of you I seem Unwise enough in doing what I do; Such will scarce praise me: but these halls of mine Know not to drive off and dishonor guests.

  • Sun, thee I cite to witness--doing what I loathe to do!

  • Now it is easy to understand that during the whole of that time he was consciously sacrificing his preferences and inclinations for the sake of doing what he regarded as his duty to God and his family.

  • Never by reflection, only by doing what it lies on him to do, is self-knowledge possible to any man.

  • That I'm doing what my father would do if he were alive?

  • That I'm doing what my father would ask me to do if he could speak from his grave out yonder?

  • And I'm doing what I think is right; I'm proposing what I know will help.

  • Through humane administration, the Department of Justice is doing what it legally can to alleviate hardships.

  • I am not likely to be happy--for a long time--except in doing what work I can.

  • Nowadays society is trying to get out of doing what we want, by doing what Carlyle wanted.

  • I suppose you think that I shall be satisfied with the property and the power, and the chance of doing what I like.

  • Now sin consists in doing what is not right, and in having a will inclined to evil.

  • Further, man prepares himself for grace by doing what is in him to do, since if man does what is in him to do, God will not deny him grace, for it is written (Matt.

  • Forgetting his friendship for me, engaged in doing what is agreeable to Dhritarashtra's son, that wretch is the cause of the child's slaughter!

  • Krishna and Dhananjaya, are always engaged in doing what is agreeable to thee.

  • Desirous of doing what is agreeable to thee, we showed them kindness by then letting them alone.

  • Mother, I think he is doing what he calls a 'kindness.

  • The old instinct of doing what he wished her to do seemed to be springing up in its full imperativeness.

  • If I had my own way, I should not be doing what I am doing; no indeed!

  • We want to go on doing what we did when we were last as we are now, and we forget what we did in the meantime.

  • I have the power, then, of doing what I have no inclination to do.

  • My power, in that case, of doing what I like, depends on my having such mental faculties as are requisite for the performance of the given act, and these under control.

  • Footnote 1} Charity towards the neighbor is doing what is good, just, and right, in every work and every employment (n.

  • Thus charity towards the neighbor extends to all things of the life of man, and loving the neighbor is doing what is good and just, and acting honestly from the heart, in every function and in every work (n.

  • Charity towards the neighbor is doing what is good, just, and right, in every work and in every function (n.

  • Lincoln could only study the men as he came to know about them and he experimented first with one and then with another, doing what seemed to be practicable to secure a natural selection and the survival of the fittest.

  • We do not become righteous by doing what is right, but only after we have become righteous do we perform what is right” (40).

  • For these tigers among men (Rama and Krishna) are ever engaged in doing what is agreeable and beneficial to the sons of Pandu.

  • It is by doing what he had directed that this illustrious hero hath brought away Krishna from among the assembled monarchs.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "doing what" 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:
    another small; both worlds; came nearer; chronological table; delivered over; doing anything; doing business; doing everything; doing justice; doing nothing; doing right; doing something; doing well; doing what; doing work; doing wrong; foure dayes; gold leaf; grew angry; manufactured goods; occurs only; orange blossoms; original documents; other religious; shooting stars; straight ahead