How to Use all-encompassing in a Sentence
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The pain was just so all-encompassing that the fight just went out of me.
— Paul De Gelder, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024 -
The muted green color, all-encompassing on the walls 70 years ago, is still found at the base of the walls.
— Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024 -
The rock set reappears at No. 193 on the all-encompassing tally.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 -
Amid what can seem like all-encompassing death there is new life, often born in tragedy.
— Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023 -
Jorge Rios Wright’s oldest friends are still awed by his one-of-a-kind, all-encompassing sense of humor.
— James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023 -
These all-encompassing roles would lead her to factories one month and on shopping trips to Paris and Milan the next month.
— Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Flo Milli heated up the Sahara Tent early, making full use of the venue’s all-encompassing screens in the process.
— August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023 -
In Iran, the hijab – and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some – has long been a political symbol as well.
— Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023 -
In Iran, the hijab — and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some — has long been a political symbol as well.
— Nasser Karimi, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023 -
Several of the singers were also inspired by the fact that record was so all-encompassing of so many genres.
— Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024 -
The lingering pause is like a warm, all-encompassing embrace frozen in time.
— Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023 -
Yes, Shakira had a big year, but with no album or tour in the past twelve months, other artists had bigger, more all-encompassing years.
— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023 -
But Madigan’s path to becoming the all-encompassing political titan came thanks, in part, to the luck of the draw.
— Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024 -
Smith’s new indictment is so all-encompassing that one of Trump’s former lawyers has a message for his old boss: Good luck.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 July 2023 -
Wesley Morris traces the art form from its South Bronx origins to all-encompassing triumph.
— Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023 -
There’s no art, no patterns, no distractions: when the room is full, the only break in this bold, all-encompassing monochrome comes from the colors and shapes of the people themselves.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024 -
This might not become a single, all-encompassing world war.
— Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2024 -
Now, the rivalry has become so bitter and all-encompassing that even the conference office has to pick a side.
— J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023 -
His foresight led him to launch an all-encompassing web agency, Emblaze One.
— Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023 -
For brand marketers, this calls for a more adaptable, all-encompassing approach.
— John Pacini, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Get ready to embrace the all-encompassing feeling of well-being that Medterra CBD oil offers.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023 -
And, is being a teenager stuck with this all-encompassing medium more difficult than in years’ past?
— Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024 -
His love for her has become an all-encompassing obsession, and he’s grown more and more controlling of her with each passing year.
— Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 22 June 2023 -
But Feyi isn’t looking for another all-encompassing love...maybe a fling?
— Emily Bond, menshealth.com, 19 Apr. 2023 -
Tucked away among towering pine trees beneath crisp blue skies, the resort is an all-encompassing sanctuary where time seems to slow.
— Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 -
The surprise here is less that an album about emerging, stronger, from sorrow’s all-encompassing shroud somehow goes down like a goblet of spiked sunshine.
— Raymond Cummings, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024 -
For that matter, there’s not much left of what the home was like before Renaissance Remodeling came to work on a project that became rather all-encompassing.
— Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 -
Guests will also note the all-encompassing Parisian aesthetic — hot pink and floral, like Barbie-dreamhouse-meets-French-cafe.
— Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024 -
Sony was looking to repeat the PS2 trick, offering an all-encompassing media hub for the handheld market.
— Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024 -
After her daughter was born in 1985, Smith no longer had interest in the demanding, all-encompassing work of running a first-class restaurant kitchen.
— Marcus Crowder -, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
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