all the time

1. Also, all the while . Throughout a specific period, as in All the time the music was playing she tapped her foot , or The baby slept all the while the fire was being put out . [Late 1400s]

2. Continuously, without interruption, as in That old refrigerator is running all the time .

3. Frequently, repeatedly, as in He goes to that store all the time .

Example Sentences

That means you don’t have to tote your reading glasses around all the time.

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Carol recalled that its facilitators were some of the worst people she’s ever known, “and they smiled all the time, just like you,” she tells one of them.

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“Already this year, I think we’ve launched a hundred different significant changes to our safety system, and we’re launching all the time.”

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Former Second Lady Karen Pence even complained about the lack of privacy, because staff and Secret Service are around all the time.

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"There is the side to social media that is really harmful and really scary, and you have to be on alert all the time," she told BBC News.

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