How to Use the whole time in a Sentence

the whole time

noun
  • The child was safe the whole time.
    Jenna Deangelis, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • My son was with me the whole time.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2025
  • You guys have done it the whole time.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The signs have been there the whole time.
    Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
  • My heart was in my throat the whole time.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
  • God still has his hand on him the whole time.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Keep your right hand raised straight above you the whole time.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 18 Oct. 2024
  • My mother was with me the whole time.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Jane was drinking the whole time.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
  • So there was this pressure the whole time.
    Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Alex is in the control room the whole time.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • People just laughed the whole time.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rue’s been lying the whole time.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 25 May 2026
  • Maybe this has been your calling the whole time.
    Emily Winter, New Yorker, 23 June 2026
  • He's been raw-dogging it the whole time.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There was a guy with a camera there the whole time.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t be a dumba— and run wide open the whole time.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So might as well just fight and push back and stand our ground the whole time.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
  • And you’re kept in a state of the unknown the whole time.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 May 2026
  • There were nerves in the first inning and nerves the whole time.
    CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • You who have been there the whole time and will be there with me to the end.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Their jaws were tight the whole time and both men had forced smiles on their faces.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
  • If not, then who’s been stuck in that display the whole time?
    Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
  • You, who have been there the whole time and will be there with me to the end.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
  • And the guys aren’t just about to drive and play a box offense the whole time.
    Law Murray, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The grocery store had the answer the whole time.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Was the leadership team aligned the whole time?
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The formula was right there the whole time.
    Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And the whole time, Rose hasn’t said one public word about it.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Andrea was still inside the whole time.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026

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