How to Use all over the place in a Sentence
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The objects in the scene bounce the light all over the place.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2023
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There are riffs and runs and great harmonies all over the place.
—Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
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And Sassie goes all over the place—Sassie’s their big old Lab.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
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Shoot, wildfire season is just around the corner and if mom has a pet, there's likely fur all over the place.
—Mark Stock, menshealth.com, 5 Apr. 2023
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No more fumbling with measuring cups or getting powder all over the place!
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2023
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Again, the predictions are all over the place, from a more equitable society to a less equal one.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 16 May 2023
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Therefore, simply deploying rat traps and spraying poison all over the place isn’t going to solve the rat problem.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
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Lots of fun storylines all over the place, like in 5A, where the top four seeds are all schools that have never won a championship.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
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There’s a ton of good teams, good players, Indiana All-Star candidates all over the place.
—Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
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His work has been all over the place quality-wise, yet Smoking distills his punkish, puckish vibe down to one big pop-cultural goof.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2023
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This product is highly appealing to unsuspecting roaches, so don’t be surprised when dead ones start appearing all over the place.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
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Electronic displays all over the place, some flashing personalized messages as visitors walk by.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
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Some years have stronger competition than others, sometimes someone wins not for a performance but for a career-long body of work, and the taste of the voters can be all over the place.
—Vulture, 2 May 2023
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While modern ghost sharks are mostly relegated to the depths of the ocean, the order was all over the place back then, with some species even spending time in brackish water, rather than seawater.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
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Unfortunately, attacks were hesitant and intonation was all over the place.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2023
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Russia has been very interested and aggressive in mapping the undersea infrastructure, not just up in the Arctic, but all over the place.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
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With some Met Gala themes, the sartorial choices can be a tad all over the place, and decidedly rooted in causing a social-media frenzy.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
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Then, Grosjean paced the Fast 12 and held the fastest time entering the final minute of qualifying before the six drivers – representing five different teams – started jumping all over the place.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2023
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