Sentence examples for to 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.

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".

By Sally Benson The New Yorker, November 13 , 1937P. 20 The pathetic loneliness of old Arthur Goodspeed in spite of his effort to make a fine thing of living.

The media tend to make a big thing of dealing with the pressure of being the favourite before a major competition.

We mathematicians are one of many social groups who tend to make a big thing of coffee.

United seemed determined to make a big thing of the FA Cup.

Melville's big gamble, then, was "to pass the time by destroying it, to make a new thing of the novel form by blasting its conventions".

The elder Mrs. Horton said that she had a lovely voice, that she ought to make a professional thing of it.

LIGURIA If you really like to make a big thing of Valentine's Day, there's only one place to head for – the small town of Camogli on Italy's Ligurian coast.

Couldn't the bostans be used not to obstruct the park but to enhance it — to make it a thing of beauty and meaning?