all hail

interjection

used to express greeting, welcome, or acclamation

Examples of all hail in a Sentence

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Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Napalm Death and scores of others all hail from this mighty city. Oyku Ilgar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Lucius captures the eye of Macrinus (Denzel Washington, all hail), an ambitious former slave who is rising through the ranks of Roman society and politics. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024 Alpha geeks will recognize that these pieces of software—Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, memcached—all hail from the open-source community. IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011 The fest’s four world premiere carpets all hail from major studios. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024 From the ashes of Brat Summer, all hail the rise of But Also Still Brat Autumn. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024 Have yourself a most joyous Fastnacht, and all hail the beneficent Mothman. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2024 The red wines all hail from the 2021 season, while Sauvignon Blanc is from the 2022 vintage. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024 Each bachelor will host a group of eight single women who all hail from a city and expose them to the country lifestyle. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all hail was in the 14th century

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“All hail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20hail. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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