How to Use after all in a Sentence

after all

adverb
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  • There's no such thing as too much of a head start on holiday shopping, after all.
    — Carly Kulzer, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Many athletes, after all, are addicted to the thrill of the chase.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • This may sound drastic to some — after all, isn’t turkey the iconic main course?
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The queen is fiercely loyal to and protective of her children, after all.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
  • But both franchises have built around their quarterbacks and their skill sets, which means those differences might not be so vast after all.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • In the emotional closing track for Lover, Swift sings about finding true love after all of her ups and downs.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Perhaps that’s the point, that wrapping up this 40 year franchise after all this time should be more funeral march than fun.
    — Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Since when, after all, does a slasher franchise ever actually end?
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 13 Oct. 2022
  • After a summer in limbo, workers at Canada’s major railroads will be able to go on strike later this month after all.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Mountains, after all, intrinsically have the power to kill.
    — Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Having another fun way to actually interact with people in person is awesome, after all.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Umbrella insurance provides coverage for expensive claims and lawsuits after all of your other policies have kicked in.
    — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Also, perhaps, for his nineteenth-century readers, who, after all, were not Henry James, and who prized color and quantity.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The harder the swing, after all, the firmer the contact.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
  • The goal, after all, is to get people to wager on the game.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Changes were made, of course — a movie is not a book, after all.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Now they're being told the loans weren't dead after all.
    — Michael Hill, ajc, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Now they’re being told the loans weren’t dead after all.
    — Michael Hill, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Somehow after all of that the Dolphins still had one more first rounder from the 49ers.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • This is a team with a home win over Arizona, after all.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Even after all this time, that's worth raising a glass to.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • What was the Sermon on the Mount, after all, but a series of soundbites?
    — Jon Meacham, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2022
  • This is New York City, after all—these streets are bumpy and uneven!
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The Stranger was intrigued that Mae might be able to kill without a weapon, after all.
    — Keisha Hatchett, TVLine, 16 July 2024

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