of all people

idiom

used to emphasize that a specified person is the person one most or least expect to do or know something
You, of all people, should know the answer to this.
My best friend, of all people, betrayed me.

Examples of of all people in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Related Articles Draymond, of all people, is Warriors’ calm voice after Boston blowout as Kerr explains Brown strategy Green blocked a Bobby Portis corner 3, igniting a fast break that ended in one of several Kuminga dunks. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024 Seeing Egwene of all people trained as a slave truly made the Seanchan seem like an insurmountable enemy. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023 About 10% of all people attending are coming from Ecuador, said Epstein. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024 And their voice of reason, of all people, is Draymond Green. Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024 According to the data, Lions fans only accounted for about 12% of all people attending Detroit's road games last season. Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024 The number of all people, including U.S. citizens, on the terrorist watchlist who were stopped at the southern border as of July of this fiscal year was 216, compared with 165 in all of fiscal year 2022. Jane C. Timm, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023 Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Almost half of all people in the world today speak an Indo-European language, one whose origins go back thousands of years to a single mother tongue. Kurt Kleiner, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024 While 63% of all people with disabilities reported feeling included at their workplace, just 58% of BIPOC women with disabilities said the same, compared to 67% of white men, 63% of BIPOC men, and 62.5% of white women. Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024

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“Of all people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20people. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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