in all

idiom

: including everything or everyone

—used to indicate a total

There were about a thousand people at the concert in all.

Examples of in all in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Houlton, Maine Houlton will have sunny skies -- and will be the best place to see the eclipse in all of North America. —

Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024 Until recently, in all of human history, the number of true cyborgs stood at about 70. —

S. I. Rosenbaum, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2024 Rain showers are also possible during totality in all of those areas. —

Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024 After homering in all seven games of their opening road trip and scoring an average of 4.6 runs per game, the Giants have yet to homer and managed only three total runs over their first 18 innings at Oracle Park. —

Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024 Orcas – also known as killer whales – are found in all the world’s oceans, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). —

Sara Smart, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024 In the course of one eventful year, with the help of a fairy godmother/movie star best friend, the journalist weathers public humiliation, finds true love and learns to accept herself, and her life, in all of its messy, imperfect glory. —

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024 There’s so much influence of Adam in all of these roles, really. —

Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024 One of those players is Reyna, who, at 17, became the youngest American to play in the German Bundesliga and, at 21, has already appeared in 125 games in all competitions in Europe. —

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024

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