Examples of all-purpose in a Sentence
there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better
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Enter one of our favorite all-purpose cleaners!
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
Do get that bag of bread flour to add to the all-purpose flour.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
As in many Molière plays, the setting (designed here by the collective called dots) is a kind of all-purpose room, a public-private parlor in Orgon’s house where guests and residents alike can rush in and out.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
There are two dining cars, the all-purpose lounge dubbed the Observation Car, and an onboard Dior spa.
—Jake Emen, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2025
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
Do get that bag of bread flour to add to the all-purpose flour.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
As in many Molière plays, the setting (designed here by the collective called dots) is a kind of all-purpose room, a public-private parlor in Orgon’s house where guests and residents alike can rush in and out.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
There are two dining cars, the all-purpose lounge dubbed the Observation Car, and an onboard Dior spa.
—Jake Emen, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2025
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-purpose. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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