How to Use all the time in a Sentence

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  • The streets don’t have to be used the same way all the time.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The fans are on me about this kind of stuff all the time.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Jim Chapin: Ethan had a great smile, smiled all the time.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Why do you guys need to be doing the splits all the time?
    Julia Sullivan, SELF, 5 Aug. 2024
  • That is our show — the wheels are falling off all the time.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Roosters flush at the worst times, so be ready all the time.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2025
  • Loucks, 83, of Bakersfield, used to take the cars to schools all the time.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • And these are things that Pippa thinks about all the time.
    Outside Online, 26 June 2024
  • Maybe he’s got his foot on the gas all the time — 24/7 Cruise control!
    Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • None of us that are around here all the time are surprised.
    Tim Willert, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
  • That’s why Tom Cruise tries to kill himself all the time.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Nobody should have to live with their guard up all the time.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • There used to be shows with that energy all the time in the city.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Sort of like how the Red Wings briefly used Sergei Fedorov, but all the time.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • People would call up and ask agents to price out a trip all the time.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The Lakers were losing — all the time — and James seemed spent.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Scott should have been all about football, all the time.
    Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The feeling nestles deep in your chest and stays with you all the time.
    Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024
  • While the fabric is washable, who wants to wash it all the time?
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 1 Aug. 2025
  • But a lot of shows lost the fun and are just grindingly heavy all the time.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Teams let good players walk out of the building all the time.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Smooth and strong means nothing, if the reel is broken all the time.
    Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • At last, the climate crisis is front page news, all the time.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • This is because people are wearing hats all the time—sometimes wearing one to bed.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Universities borrow for buildings all the time.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Theunis now runs the farm and carries a weapon with him almost all the time.
    Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There were literally thousands of people in the streets watching you all the time.
    Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Those guards lineups and rotations can only beat tanking teams and not all the time.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
  • As a parent, sacrifices are there all the time.
    Cheyanne Mumphrey, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Male directors get to make big, unserious epics all the time.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026

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