How to Use all along in a Sentence

all along

adverb
  • The view from my room’s balcony and all along the shore is breathtaking.
    Calvin Woodward, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Local media have owned this story from the start, doing great work all along the way.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Rather, Nagy has said all along that Dalton is the team’s No. 1 starter.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Safe harbors have been identified all along the spacecraft’s shipping route.
    Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Turning data into action and following the path that has been there all along.
    Chris Martin, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Hearing her express it with pure animal instinct brings home what everyone has been telling her all along.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Be prepared to be overwhelmed with congratulations from those who have been in your corner all along.
    Essence, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The rosiest explanation for Belichick’s offseason spending spree was that this was the plan all along.
    BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Three decades of hindsight reveal what should have been clear all along: that the Thomas hearing was a national embarrassment.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Barnacke’s first thought was relief — both that her ordeal was over, and that her inner voice, which all along had told her this was not OK, was trustworthy.
    Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The Jets had planned all along to go with youth at cornerback, but had expected to have a pair of veteran safeties to offset that inexperience on the outside.
    J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • And according to the expert, despite the drama Harry and Meghan have planned on returning to England to spend some time all along.
    Marie Claire Editors, Marie Claire, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The pain got worse with the bumpiness of the road all along the way.
    New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • And that’s been the trope all along—if them, why not us?
    Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
  • The rest of the store remained true to its roots all along.
    John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
  • And that some of the Avengers might have been aliens all along.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And all along, Hernández’s name was near the top of their list.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Bike and golf cart rental shops can be found all along the beach.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The next day, pieces of James Byrd’s body were found all along the route.
    Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • And who knows, maybe Misty knew about her cult all along.
    Radhika Menon, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Again, Field gives us a hint this is his plan all along.
    Somtow Sucharitkul, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Maybe the Chili Peppers have been the dystopian Beach Boys all along.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
  • State Park was the perfect space all along, Cato King notes.
    Lukas Harnisch, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Which is as much of a miracle as the show has been all along.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And that -- that is the answer he's been giving all along.
    ABC News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The coach also said his goal was to be in Denver for the start of the series all along.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 May 2024
  • But all along, Allen had his eyes on a much bigger prize.
    Stuart Miller, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023
  • But all along, the decision about whether to go to war was Mr. Putin’s alone.
    New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Roth saw what was coming, had in fact seen it all along.
    Anna Mundow, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Or in the case of Lizzie McGuire, to blow the lid off the fact that that aforementioned Italian pop star was lip-syncing all along.
    Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024

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