How to Use of all people in a Sentence

of all people

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  • But of all people, the Hoibergs get it.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Jian, of all people, should have known better.
    Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Stunned that Michael, of all people, was the one holdout among the judges.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Matt Gaetz, of all people, was giving me s*** about my drug use.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 21 July 2025
  • More than half of all people charged have pleaded guilty to federal charges.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The eyes of all people will be upon us—and those eyes could condemn as well as approve.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Paul popped off on his podcast about trading, of all people, Reaves.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Angie, of all people, should cool it with the sunglasses shade.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Shouldn’t Socrates, of all people, rise above such temptations?
    Book Marks june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • Lewiston stands for the dignity of all people who call Maine home.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • For Trump of all people to gripe about frivolous lawsuits is pure hypocrisy.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Got any theories on why Presley, of all people, has the tablet?
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
  • There was a fugitive thrill in seeing a playwright, of all people, get rich and famous.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
  • There’s one called Grok that’s designed — by Grimes of all people — for ages 3 and up.
    Anna North, Vox, 22 May 2025
  • More than half of all people who menstruate experience cramps a few days each month.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The ideal remains for equal treatment of all people regardless of race or class.
    Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Texting at a light is against the law for a reason, and a police officer of all people should know not to do it.
    Michael Boyle, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Eric Adams, of all people, could be remembered as the mayor who fixed this.
    Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
  • Could Jimmy Carter, of all people, be the savior of the shuttle?
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Penelope finds her freedom by taking some wisdom from Eloise, of all people.
    Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The film stars, of all people, Hugh Grant, who is said to have an amazing turn as a villain in the film.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Bailey, of all people, has the correct read on the situation.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Philippe Myers, of all people, scored a highlight-reel goal to pull the Leafs within one in the third.
    Kevin Papetti, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Authorities blurred out the faces of all people in the videos, shielding their identities.
    CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • And Minnesotans believe in the dignity of all people.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
  • But none of that can happen if donor countries don’t invest in the health of all people, especially children.
    Bill Gates, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Minnesotans believe in the rule of law, and Minnesotans believe in the dignity of all people.
    Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Watching Emily take in Sara of all people telling a story about her brother is even more electric.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This can be done while preserving the ability of all people to have access to healthy relationships with the land.
    TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Nobody could tell what was going on until, a couple of days later, Sting, of all people, cleared up the mystery.
    Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026

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