all the while

Example Sentences

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O’Brien acknowledged the “very chaotic, frightening times,” during Sunday’s awards, all the while landing friendly quips to the star-studded audience during his opening monologue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Government borrowing costs have been rising all the while.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

“Air moving in and out of different pressures. But all the while, the earth rotates underneath. So the wind gets pushed around. I used to wonder if the wind would get annoyed by that.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt