Sentence examples for make a thing of from inspiring English sources

He continued: "They wanted to make a thing of it.

We had never denied it – we just hadn't wanted to make a thing of it.

The couple had "planned to take a road trip and quietly return them, and not make a thing of it", she said, but never did.

In a robust response, Wainwright told the Observer she was "saddened" that the Mail had picked up on the attack on Cawood – played by Bafta-winner Sarah Lancashire – and a previous incident when a young woman police officer was crushed to death and had "tried to make a thing of it, when shows like Game of Thrones have so much gratuitous violence against lots of people".

The moral of the story: Drug users don't make a thing of something except upon request from the sickie.

As a cultural historian Eagleton has made a thing of typologies.

Fiat and others, of course, say: "New advances in technology mean passenger isolation inside a car can now be made a thing of the past".

I hope my work and discoveries will make that a thing of the past.

"Ultimately, this is going to make malaria a thing of the past".

"She won't make a big thing of the Iran negotiations, and she didn't make a big thing of the criticism she got when she was appointed".

Most of the treaties trespassed are worthless documents, but why make a public thing of it?