How to Use everything but the kitchen sink in a Sentence

everything but the kitchen sink

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  • Southerners are known to throw everything but the kitchen sink into a casserole dish.
    Brennan Long, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • There is a generous middle ground between playing rental-kitchen roulette and packing up everything but the kitchen sink.
    Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
  • One can appreciate Vaccarello’s focus at a time in fashion in which most designers put everything but the kitchen sink on the runway, simply to see what sticks.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026
  • This Shrimp-and-Sausage Gumbo recipe features everything but the kitchen sink and can be frozen up to three months and thawed out for an easy Tuesday-night dinner.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 25 July 2026
  • While throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the wall in this manner might sound incomprehensible, the developing romance between Momo and Okarun cuts through the chaos.
    Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

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