How to Use after all in a Sentence

after all

adverb

• There were so many brilliant and creative ones in her world, after all.
  — Brooke Allen, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
• There’s a reason so many sitcoms and sketch shows have catchphrases or running gags, after all.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
• This is the whole point of the bottle being a ‘portable’ dog water bottle, after all.
  — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
• Working with Casey and with Doug again after all those years, and Apple was just amazing the whole way.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
• Romeo and Juliet is, after all, a parable of what happens when generations drift apart.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
• Georgia might have some competition in the SEC East after all.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 7 Sep. 2022
• The only real difference, after all, is the substitution of a tube of traditional acrylic paint for a little pot of acrylic sculpting gel.
  — Sandra Song, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
• The harder the swing, after all, the firmer the contact.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
• The goal, after all, is to get people to wager on the game.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
• Changes were made, of course — a movie is not a book, after all.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
• Here are the boys and girls stat leaders after all games through Jan. 19.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2023
• This is Texas, after all, so there’s no need for SMU to fold ‘em.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Food and cooking is a great source of joy for the actress after all.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• Packed in a hurry, the raincoat came in handy after all.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2023
• Now they're being told the loans weren't dead after all.
  — Michael Hill, ajc, 16 Nov. 2022
• Now they’re being told the loans weren’t dead after all.
  — Michael Hill, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
• Somehow after all of that the Dolphins still had one more first rounder from the 49ers.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• This is a team with a home win over Arizona, after all.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
• Even after all this time, that's worth raising a glass to.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2022
• The clouds and the fog are, after all, what make the Smokies so magical.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
• Get a bit of blood under your nails. ’Tis the season, after all.
  — Eva Wiseman, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2023
• And that, after all, is what sponsors expect from the Super Bowl in the first place.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Feb. 2023
• Many athletes, after all, are addicted to the thrill of the chase.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
• What was the Sermon on the Mount, after all, but a series of soundbites?
  — Jon Meacham, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2022
• This is New York City, after all—these streets are bumpy and uneven!
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
• The police, after all, had for decades been used to suppress strikes.
  — Adam Hochschild, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
• The Stranger was intrigued that Mae might be able to kill without a weapon, after all.
  — Keisha Hatchett, TVLine, 16 July 2024
• The internet, after all, is in a constant state of flux.
  — Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
• And say thanks for raising you—after all, mom raised you to be polite.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 19 Mar. 2023
• Heartbreak, in all of its forms, is her bread and butter, after all.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024