Below you will find example sentences with "good thing". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Good Thing in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: thing
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 25
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "good thing" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as or a good thing, a really good thing or a, bad, increased and percent stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with good luck, good morning and good guys, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with good thing
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Debt in and of itself is not a bad thing and often a good thing. (15 words)
Good thing global warming isn't a very real thing that's happening right now! (15 words)
This could either be turn into a really good thing or a really bad thing. (15 words)
Reflecting on this period, the journalist, who asked not to be named, said: "Because of who he was, an issue that might not get any further than the pages of the local papers would make national stories, whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. (47 words)
Meanwhile, 44 percent of voters said it would be a bad thing for Democrats to hold the White House and both of chambers of Congress, while 36 percent said it would be a good thing to give Democrats control of a now-gridlocked Washington. (44 words)
So I think people’s expectations of it have increased and the measurements around it have increased, and the amount that needs to be tracked and measured has increased, which I think is a good thing, and we feel is a good thing. (43 words)
Trump responded: “Well I haven’t – I haven’t heard that, but is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? (24 words)
Good thing global warming isn't a very real thing that's happening right now! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Like, there is such a thing as facts, there is such a thing as a truth and we should be learning towards that together, and it’s an infinite journey but that’s a good thing to do.
So I think people’s expectations of it have increased and the measurements around it have increased, and the amount that needs to be tracked and measured has increased, which I think is a good thing, and we feel is a good thing.
The good thing, and really the only good thing about this, is that new drugs can find a market in the antifungal space much faster than a comparative antibiotic.
Debt in and of itself is not a bad thing and often a good thing.
Good thing global warming isn't a very real thing that's happening right now!
It could be a good thing or it could be a bad thing, but what we've got to make sure we do is lift ourselves, lift the players and put a game plan together.
The dispute between fans on social media is more about whether that is a bad thing or a good thing.
The good thing is, we hear a consistent message that everybody is saying this thing needs to go.
What matters is that I did a good thing for charity, and you have an opportunity to do a great thing for charity when you buy it.
Whether it be the author’s stated points of water supply (a good thing), traffic congestion (a bad thing), or increased taxes due to growth, the column was right on.
It would also be another thing we could eat, and that's always a good thing.
Reflecting on this period, the journalist, who asked not to be named, said: "Because of who he was, an issue that might not get any further than the pages of the local papers would make national stories, whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.
That is a good thing — although of course talking about how to respond to such immense global problems is also a challenging thing.
There's another characteristic particular to Harris: Thirty-eight percent of Americans say that having a woman serve as president would be a good thing for the country, far more than the 14% who see it as a bad thing.
This could either be turn into a really good thing or a really bad thing.
But, like Sette and Crotty, he questions whether this reactivity is a good thing or a bad thing.
Meanwhile, 44 percent of voters said it would be a bad thing for Democrats to hold the White House and both of chambers of Congress, while 36 percent said it would be a good thing to give Democrats control of a now-gridlocked Washington.
More than 25 years ago, the brilliant critic There’s No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It’s a Good Thing, Too (1994).
One thing that often gets overlooked is that as consoles have evolved into mini PCs (which is a good thing), they have also turned into media centers too.
Trump responded: “Well I haven’t – I haven’t heard that, but is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing?