very thing
Example Sentences
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The very thing that made their creative work possible – a large, mostly admiring audience – was also its biggest threat.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Part of what makes Forest City "special", according to Kevin, Wojcik and others, is the very thing that has gained it so much notoriety: its reputation as a semi-abandoned "ghost city".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
At the summit, the discipline that got you up the mountain is the very thing that can strand you on it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 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
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
