of all things
idiom
—used to emphasize that the thing one is referring to is the thing one would least expect
The coach is making the entire football team take, of all things, ballet classes.
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Jane turned against Sinatra over a video game console, of all things, and shows up at the standoff between Sinatra and Xavier just in time to shoot Sinatra in the right spot to keep her alive but incapacitated.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Yet, there was Trump at the White House the other day parading the golfing great around at an event honoring Black History Month, of all things.
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And for the love of all things dry, check the weather forecast.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The Dallas Mavericks have been at the forefront of all things NBA lately, and not for good reason.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Yet, there was Trump at the White House the other day parading the golfing great around at an event honoring Black History Month, of all things.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
And for the love of all things dry, check the weather forecast.
—New Atlas, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for of all things
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“Of all things.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20things. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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