How to Use all-out in a Sentence
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And one that will lead to an all-out war.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 1 June 2026
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Same love of the game and all-out effort.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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That’s three all-out blitzes on the final four snaps.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
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Push comes to shove, shoves come to punches, and an all-out brawl erupts.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
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The defense sent an all-out zero blitz.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Since its release, the two have waged an all-out meme war online.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
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Trump clearly does not want to go back to all-out war at the moment.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
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These games do not appeal to those who want to see all-out action.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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And the fear is, if a deal isn't reached, both sides will return to all-out war.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
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In my whole lifetime, the world has never been closer to all-out war.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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World leaders made urgent calls to deescalate and avoid all-out war.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
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An all-out brawl occurred, to the point where pepper spray had to be used on players.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Herro scores again and then goes all-out chasing down a loose ball, sliding on the floor.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
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The defense forced a turnover on downs on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line with an all-out blitz.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
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Stars are going all-out glam at the The Gotham Awards.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025
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In the lead up to the release, Sylvester and his team have gone all-out with the rollout.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
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This looks to Walz like an all-out federal assault on his state.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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Was there really an all-out attempt to hunt down the best talent?
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 4 May 2026
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There’s no time like the holidays to go all-out on a gift for someone special.
—Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 4 Dec. 2023
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But, at some point, the pair is either going to have to work things out or prepare for all-out war.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
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Going on vacation doesn't always have to be an all-out splurge to have a good time.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2024
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Hezbollah, like Israel, does not appear to want an all-out war.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2023
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The two economies are now locked in an all-out, high-intensity trade standoff.
—Linggong Kong, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
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So far, the White House hasn’t announced whether all-out war will resume.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 July 2026
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The all-out blitz may be over, but the crappie will remain active until the storm’s end.
—Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
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Strange, though, motioned inside to help block an all-out Denver blitz.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
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Is an all-out drug war — with full commitment, with all the bells and whistles — the answer?
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Mar. 2023
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Your tween and their friends can work together to hit targets or wage an all-out war against each other.
—Deanna McCormack, Parents, 19 Mar. 2024
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Teammates have called him the heart and soul of their team because of his selfless play and all-out effort.
—Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 1 Mar. 2025
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McVay, at an all-out sprint since his 2017 hire, wasn’t just burned out.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2026
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This time, the city went all out.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
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Check it all out in the gallery ahead.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
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Shout it all out in the comments.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Aug. 2025
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Scroll below to check it all out.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
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Arthur can’t quite figure it all out.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
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Please let it all out now and not later.
—Catherine Mevs, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
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There’d be an easy way to figure this all out.
—Kory Stamper, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2026
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The Rangers have two more weeks to hash it all out.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Did Ted leave it all out on the field, or what?
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
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And to close it all out, these are the best new dance projects of the week.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2026
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The goal was to get it all out of our heads and onto the board.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Or stay the course and trust the courts to sort it all out fairly?
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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The Giants have four months to sort it all out.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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This isn’t the first time an artist lets it all out next to Bizarrap.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2023
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Just throw on a lip gloss and add a statement bag to round it all out.
—Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 6 July 2026
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This option is for those who want to go all out this year — kid or adult.
—Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2020
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The king wants to go all out for his funeral.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Nov. 2025
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And pour it all out on the table, hold nothing back.
—Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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And two final-day waiver claims to round it all out.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Lay it all out and stay consistent.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
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Both are wickedly fast and go all out from the moment the gate opens.
—Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Jan. 2022
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People spilling all out into the street.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
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So which route is the best one for college football — all in or all out?
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2019
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His dad’s physicians were all out-of-network in the new plan.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Now the song is streaming and the music video has come to stress us all out.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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Both contestants laid it all out.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
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But in truth both sides, and the league writ large, were all out to prove something that night.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Dec. 2023
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Go all out and get a combo of brisket and oxtail for the real deal.
—Christina Liao, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
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His instruction to them was to block it all out and focus on the game.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Some people deal with it by crying, letting it all out.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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