How to Use after all in a Sentence

after all

adverb
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  • The goal, after all, is to get people to wager on the game.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Here are the boys and girls stat leaders after all games through Jan. 19.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2023
  • This is Texas, after all, so there’s no need for SMU to fold ‘em.
    — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Food and cooking is a great source of joy for the actress after all.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Packed in a hurry, the raincoat came in handy after all.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This is a team with a home win over Arizona, after all.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Get a bit of blood under your nails. ’Tis the season, after all.
    — Eva Wiseman, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And that, after all, is what sponsors expect from the Super Bowl in the first place.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Feb. 2023
  • This is New York City, after all—these streets are bumpy and uneven!
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The internet, after all, is in a constant state of flux.
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • And say thanks for raising you—after all, mom raised you to be polite.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Heartbreak, in all of its forms, is her bread and butter, after all.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The big game is a perfect time to dive into all of your favorite foods, after all.
    — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 30 Dec. 2022
  • That is what all that data on the screens is for, after all: to tell when something is about to explode.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This home is, after all, a place for enjoying the area’s rustic charms.
    — Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • This is some of the best hair inspiration around, after all.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Champlin, the bar’s namesake, was part of Andy Warhol’s circle, after all.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Which would never have been imaginable if CMT hadn’t pulled the video in the first place (after all, this song came out months ago).
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 25 July 2023
  • So maybe Campbell doesn’t have much to regret after all.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Does any bettor have faith in the Las Vegas Raiders after all the last-minute meltdowns?
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Seven losses in the first nine games may not seem like a lot — nine games, after all, is just 5.6% of the season; that means there’s at least 94% left.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The Middle East has taught him to be wary of such expectations, after all.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But even after all the strong winds and downpours on Wednesday, there is still a fair amount of moisture left over.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But after all of these statement pieces and stacking, who’s to say a simple strand of pearls shouldn’t still have its place in the spotlight?
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2022
  • This is one of the functions of art, after all: to help us envision what would normally be lost to us.
    — Malcolm Gladwell, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The city’s official bird is the plastic pink flamingo, after all.
    — Jaclyn Jermyn, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But this is Love Is Blind after all, so their road to the (possible) altar has been filled with twists, turns, and a whole lot of drama.
    — Glamour, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The ballet is a celebration of New York City after all.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Tigers, after all, will be playing in their home state, just a two-hour drive from their campus in east Alabama.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Blogs at the time praised Dewey’s flirtatiousness, after all.
    — Katherine Cross, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023

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