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:

  • "This is an all-out war on people who do bad things," said San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, just before strangling Michael Eisner with the entrails of Rupert Murdoch.

  • 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."

  • It's that they don't study with the ferociousness and all-out commitment of people who realize (or who have parents who realize) that outstanding school performance is their one shot at big-time opportunity in America.

  • This summer, hostilities approached all-out war between India and Pakistan, as the nations' armies traded shots over the cease-fire line.

  • The NYT says that the day's solemn mood was "somewhat tarnished" by reports that Clinton planned an all-out drive to help Democrats win back the House.


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