all along

Idioms  

1. From the start, throughout, from end to end, as in I've known he was innocent all along. [c. 1600] Also see all along the line.

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Example Sentences

Their lives are finally organized, their ability to focus manageable, their souls comforted knowing all along there was an explanation for their struggles.

From The Wall Street Journal

This indicator has remained solidly in the bullish camp all along.

From MarketWatch

"We've been finding more, and local people have been bringing some in the same style that they've been finding as well - all along the same coastline."

From BBC

That left executives working through the holidays to devise a complicated road back that wouldn’t alienate the players who had stayed all along.

From The Wall Street Journal

Akira and Sue had seen the burned-out houses all along the road.

From Literature