noun
definition
Someone or something of importance.
pronoun
definition
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.
example
I would not do it for anything.
synonyms
definition
(with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
Examples of anything in a Sentence
He does not like to do anything else.
He didn't want anything to do with them, so they didn't exist.
I never wanted anything and I don't now.
He could not think of anything else.
It wasn't as if they could do anything anyway.
If you want anything come straight to me.
I don't think anything.
He might never say anything to Jonathan about it, but Jonathan would know in other ways how he felt.
Is there anything you need?
She was pleased with anything which made a noise.
If anything could take her mind off the worry of surrogacy, he could.
I will do anything, said she, catching his eye.
She does not realize that one can be anything but kind-hearted and tender.
He did not need anything of that kind.
I don't owe you anything.
Why, only a little while ago people thought it quite impossible to teach the deaf-blind anything; but no sooner was it proved possible than hundreds of kind, sympathetic hearts were fired with the desire to help them, and now we see how many of those poor, unfortunate persons are being taught to see the beauty and reality of life.
Howard couldn't find anything on this guy.
Her words puzzled me very much because I did not then understand anything unless I touched it.
Mr. Wilson, a teacher at Florence, and a friend of the Kellers', studied at Harvard the summer before and went to the Perkins Institution to learn if anything could be done for his friend's child.
When Pierre had gone and the members of the household met together, they began to express their opinions of him as people always do after a new acquaintance has left, but as seldom happens, no one said anything but what was good of him.
If anything more is wanted I'll send after you.
All this cloak and dagger thinking wasn't accomplishing anything.
Did you learn anything new at the library?
Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say.
You young ladies should not know anything about it.
They may die tomorrow; why are they thinking of anything but death?
The logical thing to do was leave, but she had a good job and she wasn't sure there was anything untoward going on.
The look on his face was anything but pleased.
I never would have done anything with it—I just snapped it on a lark.
I guess you can find anything on the Internet, can't you?
If anything, you and I nearly broke what was too good to be real.
As usual, he appeared the least affected by anything that was going on.
Better not say anything to her either.
He's irritated, but he probably won't say anything.
Anyway, hadn't Giddon said that he wouldn't let anything happen to her as long as she was close to him?
They didn't say anything he didn't already know.
If you need anything, be sure to call me.
Anything you can tell me about that?
Look, I don't want anything disturbing that property!
The camera isn't worth anything but she's really disturbed at losing her pictures.
Charlie nodded and added, "It's too remote to build anything there and snowed in most of the year."
I've never begged anyone for anything, let alone mercy.
Except I can't remember anything beyond my twenty-six years.
I was pleased with anything that made a noise and liked to feel the cat purr and the dog bark.
No one wanted to feel forced into anything.
It was unrealistic to think two people could spend a lifetime together and never squabble about anything.
His moods flipped back and forth so fast it was hard to know how he would respond to anything.
Secure in his strong arms, she wondered how she could have suspected him of anything sinister.
You haven't seen anything important yet.
She had been a fool to think there was anything between them.