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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They are generally made of wood, vinyl, aluminum, or plastic and can take water or all-purpose cleaners
Celluloid blinds are generally made of fabric and accordion up and down the window.
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Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 June 2025
This Summer—From $21 Daily Practice by Anthropologie Horizon Wide-leg Jumpsuit
This all-purpose Anthropologie jumpsuit is ideal for exploring new cities in style.
—Elaina Verhoff, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
Serves 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
● 3 broccoli stems
● ½ cup all-purpose flour
● ½ cup unsweetened almond milk or other milk of choice
● ¾ cup breadcrumbs, panko or seasoned
● ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
1.
—Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Top off with new a sprinkle of worm castings and some organic, granular all-purpose fertilizer.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
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Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 June 2025
This Summer—From $21 Daily Practice by Anthropologie Horizon Wide-leg Jumpsuit
This all-purpose Anthropologie jumpsuit is ideal for exploring new cities in style.
—Elaina Verhoff, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
Serves 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes
Total cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
● 3 broccoli stems
● ½ cup all-purpose flour
● ½ cup unsweetened almond milk or other milk of choice
● ¾ cup breadcrumbs, panko or seasoned
● ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
1.
—Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Top off with new a sprinkle of worm castings and some organic, granular all-purpose fertilizer.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for all-purpose
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“All-purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-purpose. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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