How to Use the mother of all in a Sentence

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• The stage is set for the mother of all double features — light and dark, toys and boys, bombshell and bombshell.
  — Jason Frank, Vulture, 14 July 2023
• The Balboa: This sounds like the mother of all pizza sandwiches.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
• The queen is also typically the mother of all or mostly all of the honeybees in the hive.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2023
• Here, in the mother of all stadia, the Yanks will roll to World Series championship number 21.
  — Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
• Grab your ketchup and mustard, because the mother of all hot dog-eating contests is here.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 June 2024
• While these antics would lead to the mother of all ass-beatings back home in Arkansas, the hunters here in Australia have no choice but to grin and bear it.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024
• Schwarzenegger even went so far to trick Stallone into doing the mother of all turkeys, 1992's Stop!
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2023
• Kahler: Bitcoin could be in contention as the mother of all speculations.
  — Larry Light, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• The 46-year-old Louisiana native and first-time head coach was presiding over the mother of all youth movements.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023
• This fresh intel comes courtesy of Redway, creator of the mother of all ribboned hairstyles for Christian Siriano’s spring 2024 show.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2024
• The 16th century literary classic Journey to the West is the mother of all Chinese fantasy.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
• The press briefing also serves as a call for the people to participate in an epic crusade against what López Obrador has identified as the mother of all evils: corruption.
  — Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2019
• Its stretchy, sweat-wicking, seam-free design also prevents the mother of all running nightmares: chafing.
  — Laura Holt, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
• Even the mother of all transit names, London’s Underground, has a problematic name.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• Within this container of cruelty, amid atrocities born of the mother of all atrocities, there was always music.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Plan your outfits in the bath Necessity is the mother of all invention and Victoria Beckham – a mother herself – learnt to multi-task: planning her outfits while taking baths.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
• After crafting a demonic family disaster and a bonkers Swedish getaway, writer/director Ari Aster has concocted the mother of all guilt trips.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024