all along

Example Sentences

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Dollar-cost ravaging, on the other hand, is taking from your portfolio all the time, probably at the worst possible moments all along.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“For us to conclude that a law of 160 years’ vintage, with this kind of empirical pedigree, has all along been both unnecessary and improper, would border on rationalist conceit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

"Even though I haven't told my real name until now, I feel like I have shared the real me all along and everything I've told them has been the truth," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Three hours might seem a stretch for this subject, but with the Walden period bookended by the lesser known pre- and post-Walden years, it stays interesting all along.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

There they found the thing they’d needed most all along.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega