How to Use anything goes in a Sentence

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  • Have fun and share your beat In this last step, anything goes!
    — Luis Velarde, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But if anything goes wrong, that extra acre is there to fill in the gaps.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2023
  • This dash cam will give them video proof if anything goes wrong.
    — Sam Peters, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022
  • That’s the beauty of the Grammys, where anything goes, and often works.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
  • And, if anything goes wrong, well, that just might be a bonus in the hands of such a skilled, in-the-moment musician.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • If anything goes wrong in any of those spheres, the rest of their lives are most likely still intact.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
  • Remember, the breezy nature of the drink means that anything goes.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
  • It’s got this kind of punk rock, anything goes kind of energy to all our shows.
    — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Those will be the pieces that will be life-savers if anything goes unplanned with the weather or something else.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 May 2024
  • As a result, some groups of visitors think of it as a city where anything goes.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But as with the tradition of Halloween costumes, anything goes in the U.S.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Wear them lower around your hips or higher on your waist; anything goes with this pair.
    — Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
    — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
  • Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
    — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
  • This year has seen its share of nail trends, including blush nails and chrome nails, but the nice thing about Halloween nails is that anything goes.
    — Marissa Oliva, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But now, just about anything goes, including leaving out the corn.
    — Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Right now, the Democrats have started pushing so far from that rare but safe to anything goes, up to nine months of pregnancy, after birth.
    — CBS News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • On the roof of the Aria, 60 stories above, Jon Loreto, a large bald man about 40 years old, stands guard by one of the launch sites with a hose, spraying down the rubber roof in case anything goes awry.
    — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Piled high with condiments ranging from mustard to onion to relish to chili, almost anything goes well with it.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
  • There is this feeling of anything goes, so you’re not put into categories.
    — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
  • And at Musk’s barebones Twitter, which has a skeleton crew manning its trust and safety desk, anything goes.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • There are some tiny limitations to weaponry that can be used or who can be targeted, but, for the most part, anything goes.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022
  • It's protected against weather and UV rays, as well, and if anything goes wrong in the first year, there's a warranty to protect your purchase.
    — Kelsey Chapman, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The interest in this project, as in any project is the potential for long-term success (profit) and risk sharing if anything goes askew during the process.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • With that Rudy Gobert dunk and the subsequent failure to secure a decent shot at Dallas’ end, the series arrives at 2-2 Monday and anything goes.
    — Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Body language will be something to watch closely on the sideline Saturday after anything goes wrong.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • When designing a kids' bathroom, think of it as a little jewel box where anything goes—including gingham floors.
    — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The county will still have to provide them with services, protect them and protect the surrounding community from them if anything goes wrong, Summers said.
    — Travis Loller, Fortune, 8 July 2023
  • If that sounds vague, that's because lip combos as a concept are gloriously simple — any group of two or more lip products counts as a combo, and from there pretty much anything goes.
    — Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In other words, the usual suspects for Republicans when anything goes wrong in America.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024

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