How to Use be-all and end-all in a Sentence

be-all and end-all

noun

• Don’t let one path be your be-all and end-all.
  — Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
• Check out our be-all and end-all list of 2019's back-to-school sales.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2019
• The point is that calories aren’t the be-all and end-all of nutrition.
  — Kimberly Truong, SELF, 29 Jan. 2019
• But professionals agree that the quality of your voice is not the be-all and end-all.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021
• But for David, meeting Ina Garten, his culinary hero, was his be-all and end-all.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2018
• Love is framed as the be-all and end-all of human existence in books, films, TV shows and songs.
  — Serena Smith, refinery29.com, 14 Dec. 2021
• Having several short conversations, rather than one be-all and end-all, is a good idea, too.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
• In recent decades, the skiwear industry has preached that high-tech synthetics are the be-all and end-all.
  — Todd Plummer, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
• The big man was still the be-all and end-all in the NBA then, both for offense around the rim and defense of it.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 16 July 2017
• While DSLRs used to be the be-all and end-all of quality footage, that is no longer the case.
  — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2020
• If being a faithful simulation is the be-all and end-all of it, then how do consumer games compare to the real thing?
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2018
• But at the same time, prices and efficiency shouldn’t be the be-all and end-all of governmental policy.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 5 Oct. 2017
• American multiplexes are no longer the be-all and end-all for Hollywood.
  — Daniel Arkin /, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2018
• The label was the be-all and end-all of the artist’s career, deciding everything from marketing budgets to video sets and tour dates.
  — Tony M Fountain, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• These research areas are not the be-all and end-all of a rejuvenated Alzheimer's science agenda.
  — Kenneth S. Kosik, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2020
• Its hopes, as advertised, are to be the be-all and end-all for mid-sized, high-budget concert experiences in Denver.
  — Dylan Owens, The Know, 8 Aug. 2019
• Obviously, Broadway is not the be-all and end-all of American theater.
  — New York Times, 5 July 2019
• Representation politics isn’t the be-all and end-all of liberation.
  — Nabilla Doma, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2021
• Artificial intelligence has long been touted as the be-all and end-all to solving problems in business and the global economy.
  — Kevin Collins, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• Because according to Byrdie, this concealer is Pinterest's most popular be-all and end-all.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2017
• Strange that this needs to be said in 2019, but the standard playwright-director formula of regional theater isn’t the be-all and end-all.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• Westeros fans should rest assured that House of the Dragon is not necessarily the be-all and end-all of Game of Thrones spin-offs.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• That model was built around the preconception that the be-all and end-all of great service was eventually connecting with a friendly human professional.
  — Vivek Ahuja, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• However, Mourinho changed his mind just months later, citing signing a central defender as the be-all and end-all of United's problems.
  — SI.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• If England win their round of 16 match against Cameroon on Sunday afternoon, the next match becomes everything, the most important, the be-all and end-all.
  — SI.com, 23 June 2019
• Though the actress has long been the be-all and end-all fitness inspiration for women across the globe, Berry no longer wants her lifestyle to be deemed unobtainable for the average, everyday woman.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2021
• In some cases, the perimeter is still in place (think local firewalls), but because cloud-native apps are designed to run anywhere on any server — and be highly connected — perimeter security is no longer the be-all and end-all.
  — Bill Mann, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• Without wading too deep into the mathematical weeds, what this generally means is that comparing percentages of patients who die with one therapy versus another treatment course isn’t the be-all and end-all of a treatment’s effectiveness.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 10 July 2020
• For some voters, particularly in the South, Albright pointed out, the reality is the Democratic primary is the be-all and end-all for a lot of races, especially at the local level, where Republicans are expected to win in the end.
  — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 22 June 2020