Example sentences for: all-out

How can you use “all-out” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The New York Times ' Janet Maslin, for one, dismisses other reviewers for misunderstanding the film: "If watched sufficiently mindlessly, it might be mistaken for a dangerous endorsement of totalitarian tactics and super-violent nihilism in an all-out assault on society," but she sees it instead as an investigation of "the lure of violence in an even more dangerously regimented, dehumanized culture."

  • Rockefeller never won the presidency--despite all-out campaigns in 1964 and 1968--but he served as governor of New York for 12 years and then completed his public career as Gerald Ford's vice president.

  • From late 1963 to early 1965, Logevall claims, the Johnson administration faced a deliberate choice about whether it should raise or lower the stakes in Vietnam: Make it an all-out test of will, which it became, or look for an excuse to leave--perhaps with the claim that the regime in the South had become too ill-behaved to be worth further U.S. support or lives.

  • Glazer didn't think affirmative action was the answer, but he cautioned against an "all-out assault" on the policy.

  • After months of tie-ins, fashion reviews, books, and all-out hype, the reviews are in, and critics still can't tell if Evita 's a movie.


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