all over
Example Sentences
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"It was an aching sadness, an all-over weariness, a sudden disinterest in the world around me - in tennis, above all," she wrote.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2022
Gucci has a leather jacket with its all-over trademark print that will melt your bank account, but it’s a personal favorite of mine because it’s also a blazer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
It's the perfect, just-set icing on top of pastries, cookies, and cakes at your favorite bakeries — perhaps most identified as the all-over glaze atop petit fours.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2021
“It’s an all-over dry brushing, then you get painted with this honey heal glaze that’s amazing for your whole body,” says Holm.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021
Her neck and wrists were bare, and her hair was a mess—a pile, an all-over glob of red curls.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.