How to Use all along in a Sentence

all along

adverb

• And that’s been the trope all along—if them, why not us?
  — Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
• The rest of the store remained true to its roots all along.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
• And all along, Hernández’s name was near the top of their list.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• The next day, pieces of James Byrd’s body were found all along the route.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• And who knows, maybe Misty knew about her cult all along.
  — Radhika Menon, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
• Again, Field gives us a hint this is his plan all along.
  — Somtow Sucharitkul, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• Maybe the Chili Peppers have been the dystopian Beach Boys all along.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
• State Park was the perfect space all along, Cato King notes.
  — Lukas Harnisch, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
• Which is as much of a miracle as the show has been all along.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2023
• But all along, Allen had his eyes on a much bigger prize.
  — Stuart Miller, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023
• The ojitos lindos, or pretty eyes, were the pup’s all along.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2023
• Aaron Cohen has been by his side as his coach all along.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
• The place Barner intended to be all along: Right at the center of the action.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2022
• But the actor that this star wanted to be all along has arrived.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• Her Easter eggs were, in fact, a red herring all along.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
• Though the Bills wouldn’t say it, that was probably the plan all along, rather than trying to rush White back on the field.
  — Sal Maiorana, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
• Sometimes the campaign twists were there all along -- and just needed a nudge.
  — Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2022
• The plan all along was for VanVleet to serve as a bridge to the future until Thompson was ready to take over the reins.
  — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• In fact, this might have been Washington’s plan all along.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• This is the same record of success these very same leaders have lauded all along.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
• Turns out, the answer all along is a suitcase record player.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2022
• But all along, there was one other story still out there: the story of Rick Grimes.
  — EW.com, 13 Feb. 2024
• Seren said this would have been the standard procedure all along.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2023
• And the original answer revealed itself to be the right one all along.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• Keeping Tatum and Brown and trying to build something special around them was the right thing to do all along.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• The plan all along was to play three years at USC and become a franchise quarterback.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• That was the standard view of women, though of course there were counterviews all along.
  — David Marchese David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
• That has been my vision all along, and that’s my proudest achievement.
  — Dan Rys, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2023
• And all along the way the chorus of naysayers will insist it simply can't be done.
  — David Karpf, WIRED, 27 July 2023
• Thank God the public has understood its truth all along.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024