very thing
Example Sentences
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In a way, that suffering is the very thing that generates literature.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Donald Verrilli: I think I agree with you, but I worry that he may gravely disappoint you within months on some other matter, or on this very thing.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
Some free VPNs have been caught logging and selling user data—the very thing you’re trying to protect against.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
“So the kind of behavior and cell biology that’s required to integrate the beetle into the nest is the very thing that stops it ever leaving the colony,” Parker said, describing it as a “Catch-22.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Fate had arranged, I concluded, that an example of a major evolutionary change in a single generation, the very thing Muller had said could never happen, should take place in his own laboratory.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
