all along

Example Sentences

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Since then, the two sides have exchanged multiple proposals, with the threat of renewed war looming all along.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

With Martinez’s choice out of the running, the Democrat turned to the candidate who’d been his second pick all along, Xavier Becerra.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

“You want to start to free up some assets into something short-term so you aren’t ravaging your portfolio all along, saying ‘Oh shoot, the market just tanked, but I need money now,’” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“There was nothing wrong with the poles all along the bayou.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

There they found the thing they’d needed most all along.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega