above all

Example Sentences

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Instead of blanket-dismissing tech entrepreneurs or wholesale manifesting a god in the machine, Pope Leo has sought a careful, studied, moral middle ground: one that encourages technological progress but upholds human dignity above all.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Kaden puts his service to his mother above all else in his life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

A: Power has always feared the written word, and above all, the written word that speaks the truth.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"But, above all, it is painful. It stigmatises an innocent man."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

He was fond and proud of me—it is what no man besides will ever be.—But where am I wandering, and what am I saying, and above all, feeling?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë