How to Use all the time in a Sentence

all the time

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  • The streets don’t have to be used the same way all the time.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The fans are on me about this kind of stuff all the time.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Jim Chapin: Ethan had a great smile, smiled all the time.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Loucks, 83, of Bakersfield, used to take the cars to schools all the time.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Maybe he’s got his foot on the gas all the time — 24/7 Cruise control!
    Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That’s why Tom Cruise tries to kill himself all the time.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Nobody should have to live with their guard up all the time.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • People would call up and ask agents to price out a trip all the time.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The Lakers were losing — all the time — and James seemed spent.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Scott should have been all about football, all the time.
    Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Smooth and strong means nothing, if the reel is broken all the time.
    Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • At last, the climate crisis is front page news, all the time.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Ryan Coogler all the time, check in with him and his family.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • This is not to say that all states are rational all the time.
    Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But most of the time, almost all the time, I’m outnumbered.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • People come to you all the time telling you, ‘No, this is what happened.
    Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 11 July 2023
  • Even with all the time that's gone by since his death, there's still an air of mystery around him.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Our actors were all on set all the time, ready to go as soon as the camera was ready.
    Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2023
  • There is no shame in just being rather than doing all the time.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The [small space] between you and the abyss is really just right there in front of your face all the time.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • And Thomas was ferocious with wanting to train all the time.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 June 2023
  • Reggie talked to me all the time about taking somebody with you.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But being on the go all the time comes with its challenges, and one of those is keeping your phone charged.
    Erica Finamore, wsj.com, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Now that sense of visceral fear is with him almost all the time.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And yet, we aren’t all attracted to the same kind, smart, and good-looking people all the time.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • And people who weren’t Presidents did this all the time.
    Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 17 June 2023
  • But this is a new online gambling casino that’s adding games all the time.
    Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • For example, the footsteps became part of the rhythm every now and then, not all the time.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • This process is taking place all the time, in many different ways.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Yeah, Leon can’t remember the name and is describing him as a kid who looks wet all the time.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024

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