at once

Example Sentences

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Tracing the lives of three “daughters of China”—the author, her mother and her grandmother—the book illuminated 20th-century Chinese history in a way that was at once thrilling and alarming.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then follows the folky “Runny Eggs,” about searching for salvation when everything seems to be happening at once, which picks up the story from there.

From The Wall Street Journal

The cold water must have revived his senses, because all at once Mr. Drysdale seemed to come awake with a start.

From Literature

A third: Treat coordination as a big problem to solve all at once rather than little problems to solve in the moment.

From Los Angeles Times

When multiple regions face water shortages or excesses at once, the impacts can ripple through agriculture, trade, and humanitarian planning.

From Science Daily