all the while

American  

[awl thuh wahyl, hwahyl] / ˈɔl ðə ˈwaɪl, ˈʰwaɪl /

idiom

1. during this time; all along.

   She realized all the while that their plan would probably fail.

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Etymology

Origin of all the while

First recorded in 1350–1400

Example Sentences

All the while, chefs, culinary historians and industry observers were pleading for Americans to embrace poultry’s dark side.

From The Wall Street Journal

AND ALL THE while, it grew colder.

From Literature

And all the while, out my window passed once-beautiful Germany.

From Literature

He stood beside her stroking her ear and feeding her potatoes as if he’d been doing it all his life, talking to her all the while.

From Literature

All the while her trumpeting was echoing through the park, and louder now in my ears than seemed possible —until I began to realize that it was not Marlene’s trumpeting I was hearing at all, but the sound of the air-raid sirens wailing over the city.

From Literature