of all places

phrase

—used to say that it is unusual or surprising that something happened in or is true about a particular place

She met her future husband in a grocery store, of all places.

Examples of of all places in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sam Rockwell, Marin Ireland, and Alfred Molina lead a buzzy revival of the Arthur Miller play — about a Red Hook longshoreman whose protectiveness toward his teenage niece metastasizes into violent obsession — at, of all places, La MaMa. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

It is set to stop at Club Lucky, the Green Mill, the Drake Hotel, the former site of the Pump Room in the Ambassador East Hotel, and will end, of all places, at the Billy Goat, a great tavern but not one immediately associated with the martini. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

In a time when political persuasions divide friends and families, a love for Parton proved to be a unifying force Tuesday on social media, of all places. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

While Morgan was pursuing his investigations, stories of psychedelic cane toad use began surfacing in Australia, of all places, where the animals had been introduced in the 1930s to control pests on plantations. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for of all places

• amylases
• commonplaces
• databases
• esterases
• fireplaces
• interfaces
• interspaces
• marketplaces
• pillowcases
• aces
• bases
• braces