How to Use that way in a Sentence

that way

phrase
  • It’s been that way for decades.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Our brains don’t work that way.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Sports rarely work out that way.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • They just weren’t viewed that way.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Look, it wasn’t planned that way.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But things did not go that way.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been that way my whole life.
    — Mac Engel february 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
  • It's been that way since high school.
    — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And it’s been that way for a while.
    — Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But the league doesn’t work that way.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And, and it, my mom is that way.
    — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Many don’t quite think of him that way.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • So far, things haven’t turned out that way.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
  • It’s been that way for a very long time.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • What’s one of the songs that feels that way?
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • She is just not evolved enough to think that way.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So John would be more that way.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Not that Arthur sees it that way.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • That’s such a gift to feel that way about your work.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • He's been that way in high school and even last year.
    — Matt Wadleigh, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Wall Street doesn't see it that way.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But Texas law doesn’t see it that way.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But Marin doesn’t see her life that way.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • It was designed to be that way.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
  • And the couple likes it that way.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But the players chose to go that way.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • My early works were done that way.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Sam did not describe her that way.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And some people speak that way.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Just not a freak that way, sorry.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025

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