Sentence examples for thing and not from inspiring English sources

A magazine defines itself as one thing, and not another.

"I could build the thing and not own the blocks.

If so, then why does it have to be a THING and not an EFFECT?

"I want to do the right thing and not hide anymore," Collins wrote.

Most of us are good at one thing and not the other".

They are four-legged, for one thing, and not very reliable about following rehabilitation schedules.

("Better to have the same old thing and not be stabbed").

It fits some things and not others.

These are physical things and not things you believe in.

"He tries things, and not everything works.

"It's better to not be afraid of things and not avoid things.