above all

Example Sentences

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Instead of blanket-dismissing tech entrepreneurs or wholesale manifesting a god in the machine, Pope Leo has sought a careful, studied, moral middle ground: one that encourages technological progress but upholds human dignity above all.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

However, if a poem leads you to a state of understanding, of awareness, and above all, aspiration, then you start to think about a different life, you want to live differently.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"But, above all, it is painful. It stigmatises an innocent man."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

It was simply, merely there, a whisper of featherwings, reminding him of the moment he dreaded above all others, the moment when the not wanting to be a wringer would turn to becoming one.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli