in all


All together, considering everything, as in There are four cars in all, or They won ten games and lost two, doing very well in all. [Late 1300s] Also see all in all.

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How to use in all in a sentence

  • His affable tone and squeaky chair make for a rather pleasant experience, all-in-all.

    Gal With a Suitcase | Jolie Hunt | February 26, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • As the topmost branch of the pine points always to the east, so Luck-in-all-moons shall guide us to the sun rising.

  • Several people did mention a Murville, who was a business agent, then a swindler, and all-in-all a thoroughly bad fellow.

  • Blasphemy rebukes not the godless lie that denies Him as All-in-all, nor does it ascribe to Him all presence, power, and glory.

    No and Yes | Mary Baker Eddy
  • He knew God as infinite, and therefore as the All-in-all; and we shall know this truth when we awake in the divine likeness.

    No and Yes | Mary Baker Eddy
  • Do you imagine that God is not as good, as perfect, as absolutely all-in-all as your thoughts can imagine?

    A Dish Of Orts | George MacDonald