all the while
Example Sentences
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They asked her numerous questions, including about her bank accounts and transaction history, all the while reminding her how grave the case was and how much trouble she could be in.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 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
It’s an assembly of archetypes going through the motions, snow falling and lights twinkling all the while.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
And all the while she was running up and down that blasted staircase she couldn’t stop thinking about the ghost boy in the house, whether she’d be seeing him every day from now on.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
