above all

Example Sentences

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And above all, within what changes in people’s status?

From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026

I felt 100% British, 100% Moroccan, 100% Mauritian and, above all, 100% Beckenham.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026

In the past 250 years, a nation once so fragile that it might have been strangled in its cradle has risen above all its major competitors and established itself as the world’s pre-eminent power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

She said of tertulias, the literary debates that took over an evening in a home or tavern, “they certainly ate, but above all, they drank and debated passionately.”

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

Her face was pale above all the black around her.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt