of all things

idiom

—used to emphasize that the thing one is referring to is the thing one would least expect

The coach is making the entire football team take, of all things, ballet classes.

Examples of of all things in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Well, Forbes bumped her up to billionaire status in 2021 backed by 50 percent ownership of all things Fenty. —

Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024 Just a whole lot of talking, hedging, visions, meaningful glances and (of all things) mud wrestling. —

Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024 Over the past few weeks, R29 editors (aka your trusty stewards of all things online shopping) have been hard at work covering a litany of sales taking place. —

Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024 Being head of all things science at NASA must give you a different perspective when assembling the LEGO version of a NASA rocket. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for of all things

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