all the while
Example Sentences
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Still chasing and knowing all the while that one slip of their own against Jens Berthel Askou's impressive and dangerous side and it could be curtains.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
He turned into a sneering moral philosopher, all the while keeping his feet up.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
When my daughter came into the kitchen and heard me listening to this epic — stop-start, stop-start, taking notes all the while — she asked me, “Are you listening to a podcast?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
Larry is to spend the next week considering afterlife options, all the while worrying that he’ll be gone before Joan gets to the Junction, given that there’s no certainty with her illness.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025
They bathed and anointed themselves with the sleek oil, and had their lunch, and amused themselves with a ball which they threw to one another, dancing all the while.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
