as anything

phrase

informal

: as any person or thing

—used in the sense of "very" or "extremely" to make a statement more forceful

He was (as) calm as anything.

It was as obvious as anything that she didn't want to go.

Examples of as anything in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Amid the flames and destruction, Ryzhenkov says that this period of the war is as tough as anything the company has seen since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

The action is zippy, as anything involving bodies falling hundreds of feet or hovercars crashing through glass office buildings is bound to be, but for the most part not especially inventive. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026

Looking back, that may be as important as anything that came directly from our own work. — Robert C. Gallo, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026

But to conservative Christian critics, even the possibility of portraying a divine Christ figure as anything but male goes beyond artistic license. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for as anything

• bing
• bring
• ching
• cling
• ding
• fling
• ging
• hing
• jing
• kling
• ling
• ming