How to Use every which way in a Sentence

every which way

adverb
  • 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
  • Last year in a schoolyard, one hippo just wandered in, and kids were scared, teachers running every which way.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024

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