this and that

Example Sentences

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Making his way deeper into a large, shadowy room filled from floor to ceiling with this and that, Duane spotted something as tall as he, but thinner, with a very round face and no hands or arms.

From Literature

I wanted to show that humor lives within this and that a lot of resilience and strength are also within this, and that was really the motivator.

From Los Angeles Times

It examines unrequited love from the perspective of the singer warning a friend that his girlfriend has been boasting about lavishly spending his money: “Sayin’ you bought her this and that / And how much you done spent / I swear she must believe it’s all heaven sent / Hey boy / You better bring the chick around.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I’ll be in an airport and some man will come up to me and just say, “That scene when Kevin Costner’s with his dad,” they start getting choked up, “My dad, we were estranged” and this and that.

From Los Angeles Times

She continued: "All of that reinforces the position I held when I was victims' commissioner – that it is time to investigate this and that we look quite odd if we don't."

From BBC