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

the be-all and end-all

noun phrase

• Not that that’s the be-all and end-all.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
• Beware of tech bros who use it as the be-all and end-all.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
• Film is not the be-all and end-all for Seydoux.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 18 May 2026
• Now that Swift is the be-all and end-all of pop, are those days gone?
  — Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
• Football, Matheson had come to realise, isn’t the be-all and end-all.
  — Stuart James, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• Devising scenes together can be the be-all and end-all for a lot of improv comedy artists.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
• Mindfulness takes that preliminary and glorifies it into the be-all and end-all.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
• But another recent development in the awards space is that a late fall release is no longer the be-all and end-all for a Best Picture win.
  — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2026
• Their editors were heavily involved in politics, and that would not change, though politics was not the be-all and end-all concern of their newspapers.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
• Both Liz and Kate are women who don’t want matrimony to be the be-all and end-all of their lives—and who therefore tend to sideline or overlook their partners.
  — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
• Other ways to reduce dementia risk Remember, gardening isn’t the be-all and end-all for dementia prevention.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• Many people, quite understandably, take a single experiment or study as the be-all and end-all of knowledge because that’s how research often is presented by the press or on social media.
  — Jeffrey A. Lee, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
• Although Smith’s 3-point shooting won’t be the be-all and end-all for Houston, there will be moments when the Rockets have to take advantage of defenses selling out to slow down their best players.
  — William Guillory, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025