all-out

Example Sentences

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Some days require an all-out effort; others call for a lazy stroll.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But neither side seems to regard the sort of tit for tat exchanges we have seen this week as marking a return to all-out war.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Both sides have refused to make concessions and repeatedly threatened to resume fighting, but neither appears willing to return to all-out war.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

In extending their goal difference advantage over City to four, it felt like 1-0 to the Arsenal was out and all-out attack in.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Would an all-out rupture between the two of them cause the whole civil rights movement to lose ground?

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge