Sentence examples for a thing back from inspiring English sources

No wonder restaurants weren't a thing back then.

For example, I wrote a thing back in that day called "Kotex Classic".

Loyal to a fault, Bush Snr would never have dreamt of such a thing back in the Reagan days – even though his own boss was said sometimes to have been literally asleep at the wheel.

In nontheme news, I personally haven't worn ICE BLUE eye shadow since, oh, I don't know, 1975 or so, but it was indeed quite a "thing" back in the day.

"I also have calls in to the borough president and many of our local politicians, but I haven't heard a thing back yet," Mr. Sorsaia said, staring at the phone as if he were talking to it.

Sounds pretty darn familiar, but remember that mobile wasn't a thing back in 2005, so there's absolutely no way this would have taken off like Lyft and Uber have.

This isn't a new tactic; cabbies tried a similar thing back in 2012.

So 'prorogation' is actually a kind of normal thing or was a normal thing back in horse and buggy times.

I had no conception of bringing a dead thing back to life.

The 80s sound is a big thing back in Paris now – see Lescop, A/V or Wagner.

It was such a big thing back home, probably the biggest sporting event the nation had experienced up until that point.