all along

Example Sentences

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Since then, the two sides have exchanged multiple proposals, with the threat of renewed war looming all along.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

“You want to start to free up some assets into something short-term so you aren’t ravaging your portfolio all along, saying ‘Oh shoot, the market just tanked, but I need money now,’” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“There was nothing wrong with the poles all along the bayou.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It’s an added shading, an honest commentary, that feels right, as if it were there all along in the DNA of this well-traveled tale of existential concern, just waiting to be uncovered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Nanuq was frightened and hurt, just like they were, and now he was doing what they’d been doing all along: running home.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz