things
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
How often you will meet it
Rank 186 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 129,587 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.062% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- any movable possession (especially articles of clothing) she packed her things and left
things in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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How things had come about even yet she could hardly remember or comprehend.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Some strange, unearthly voice seems calling me, Methinks this night portends great things to be.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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There had been murder in the man's eyes, loathsome things in his white unkempt face.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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And the girl knew that in the direct, unsophisticated judgments of the judges these things did not count at all.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1