How to Use every which way in a Sentence
every which way
adverb-
Meanwhile, this movie tries to have it every which way.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 July 2024 -
This week, the race took on the look of a snow globe that’s been shaken and turned every which way.
— Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Jan. 2022 -
But the boat was caught in a major storm that jostled the weapons in every which way.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2019 -
It has been pored over every which way, in hopes of finding the slightest of clues.
— Daniel Victor, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2017 -
His wife, Maria, serves up eel in every which way: boiled, fried, smoked, smoked then fried.
— The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019 -
The Cleveland Browns made about 60 moves in the last five days, spinning this league every which way.
— Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2018 -
Worn every which way, this spring, style yours atop La Ligne’s striped long-sleeve tee and Lafayette 148’s jean maxiskirt.
— Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2023 -
Joe is a genius and a sweetheart and was attuned to that in every which way.
— Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021 -
In Paris, the runways were filled with striped designs that went every which way.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Oct. 2023 -
In these films and others, cameras point every which way to capture the artists on the stage and the crowd below.
— Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2022 -
The books are stacked every which way, with Fleck pulling them off the shelves to mark up passages at his nearby desk.
— Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2019 -
Atkinson points out tire tracks going every which way in the flats.
— Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014 -
In the last act, the vitrines tilt every which way, as if after an earthquake.
— Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023 -
Wiggle and swan dive and swivel my body every which way that feels good or right.
— Malia Griggs, SELF, 5 Aug. 2020 -
Opponents have battered the Bears every which way on the ground.
— Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2021 -
Guests could be spotted every which way, admiring one era of Abloh to the next.
— Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 30 June 2022 -
Once connected to water, the whale spins while the tubes wiggle back and forth to spray every which way.
— Laura Lu, Parents, 9 July 2024 -
Focus groups might answer every which way, but to us, a Buick will always be a Buick.
— Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2018 -
The film opens with Foxx in an all-out brawl with an old-lady vampire, who, over the course of the fight, gets tossed around, bent in half, and flip-flopped every which way.
— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2022 -
The area is known for hotels, served by freeways going every which way.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023 -
Players were hanging off the vehicle every which way, something coach Mike Brey heard about the next day, and that was the end of that.
— Tom Noie, Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2020 -
There's baby oil, there's toys flying every which way, there's all these girls naked.
— Mike Sager, Esquire, 28 Apr. 2015 -
Thankfully, there are plenty of shorts cut every which way from which to choose.
— Madeline Fass, Vogue, 10 June 2021 -
There’s a kind of determined gnarliness about them, a tendency to go every which way in the joints.
— Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2021 -
Clean lines are nice, but so too is a space thumping with bright prints, color every which way, and things aplenty.
— Vogue, 11 Mar. 2021 -
And not just because of the decor: There are martinis made every which way, from shaken to stirred, vodka to gin, dirty to strained.
— Seth Shezi, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2018 -
As the friends confess their phobias around the campfire as a means of catharsis, the story unfolds every which way.
— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023 -
The couple agreed to go with their strongest embryo but were amazed to learn that two embryos were tied in every which way — one boy and one girl.
— Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023 -
The field likely curves every which way through the clouds of gas, and scientists on Earth wouldn't be able to see the parts pointed toward or away from Earth.
— Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2017 -
But the amplitudes of winding paths point every which way, so these paths work against each other.
— Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
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