various and sundry

Idioms

Of different kinds, miscellaneous, as in Various and sundry items did not sell, so they'll probably hold another auction. This expression is a redundancy, the two adjectives meaning just about the same thing.

Example Sentences

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Once upon a time, the accomplished filmmaker Robert Eggers was a serious 9-year-old in small-town Lee, N.H., methodically making his way through his school library’s series on various and sundry monsters.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

“We love working for the holiday markets, it has helped us a lot to get through various and sundry problems,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Despite beginning the post by saying he had "no time for a long blog post just now," Martin went on to give us several pages worth of updates on all these various and sundry projects.

From Salon • May 9, 2022

There will also be a new PvP battle, various and sundry class changes, and for the catboys out there, new hairstyles for hrothgar.

From The Verge • Apr. 1, 2022

"Yep," Winnie promised, and I went away, my head in a whirl with the various and sundry matters I had to attend to.

From Vicky Van by Wells, Carolyn

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