all-round

Example Sentences

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He has been criticised for his all-round play, with questions about whether his ability holding the ball up and linking play is good enough for an Arsenal team.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Will Jacks is the incumbent, and other all-round options include Rehan Ahmed and James Coles.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

"I knew him for more than 50 years and he was a great all-round entertainer. There's a big gap here in the Crucible this year with John not being with us."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Booth thinks there is a lot of "great stuff" happening in Newcastle, but other cities have decades of better funding which has created all-round stronger scenes.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction—indeed, in some sense was the destruction—of a hierarchical society.

From "1984" by George Orwell