above all

Example Sentences

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Kaden puts his service to his mother above all else in his life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

A: Power has always feared the written word, and above all, the written word that speaks the truth.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Xi has drawn one lesson from the Soviet Union’s collapse above all: Moscow’s economy was too narrow—dependent on a handful of industries such as steel, energy and weapons—to sustain a world power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

This is still above all a lovely, soft yarn about crime-solving farm animals, some of them voiced by Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, and the guy who plays Roy Kent on “Ted Lasso.”

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Lillian asked, knowing that Bull feared heart attacks above all other illnesses.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy