all along

adverb

: all the time
knew the truth all along

Examples of all along in a Sentence

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She, too, is tickled by her own sense of perfectionism, and those glimpses of vulnerability were a form of self-control all along. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025 Those of us who spent the offseason talking ourselves into Swinney’s unorthodox roster-building maybe having been the right idea all along? Jason Kirk, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025 The Latvian announcement came hours after Poland's Operational Command issued notification on Thursday of the closure of Polish airspace all along the 260-mile border with Belarus. David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025 His aim all along has been to bend the international system to his will and to preserve his monopoly on power at home. Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all along

Word History

First Known Use

1619, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all along was in 1619

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“All along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20along. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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all along

adverb
: all the time
knew the truth all along

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