How to Use all-encompassing in a Sentence

all-encompassing

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  • The pain was just so all-encompassing that the fight just went out of me.
    — Paul De Gelder, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • The muted green color, all-encompassing on the walls 70 years ago, is still found at the base of the walls.
    — Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
  • The rock set reappears at No. 193 on the all-encompassing tally.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Amid what can seem like all-encompassing death there is new life, often born in tragedy.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Jorge Rios Wright’s oldest friends are still awed by his one-of-a-kind, all-encompassing sense of humor.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • What followed was a sweep so all-encompassing that had analysts saying the Wolves were a bad matchup for the Suns, and not the other way around.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • And those who know us, or know how all-encompassing grief can be, understand that.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • These all-encompassing roles would lead her to factories one month and on shopping trips to Paris and Milan the next month.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Flo Milli heated up the Sahara Tent early, making full use of the venue’s all-encompassing screens in the process.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In Iran, the hijab – and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some – has long been a political symbol as well.
    — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
  • In Iran, the hijab — and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some — has long been a political symbol as well.
    — Nasser Karimi, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023
  • Several of the singers were also inspired by the fact that record was so all-encompassing of so many genres.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The lingering pause is like a warm, all-encompassing embrace frozen in time.
    — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Yes, Shakira had a big year, but with no album or tour in the past twelve months, other artists had bigger, more all-encompassing years.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But Madigan’s path to becoming the all-encompassing political titan came thanks, in part, to the luck of the draw.
    — Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Smith’s new indictment is so all-encompassing that one of Trump’s former lawyers has a message for his old boss: Good luck.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 July 2023
  • The musicians hit a new peak as the band’s total number of appearances on the all-encompassing jazz list advances to three.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • That means our list is highly subjective and in no way all-encompassing.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Rosé’s debut project Rosie is back at No. 90 on the physical-only tally and No. 96 on the all-encompassing sales roster.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Wesley Morris traces the art form from its South Bronx origins to all-encompassing triumph.
    — Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • There’s no art, no patterns, no distractions: when the room is full, the only break in this bold, all-encompassing monochrome comes from the colors and shapes of the people themselves.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This might not become a single, all-encompassing world war.
    — Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Now, the rivalry has become so bitter and all-encompassing that even the conference office has to pick a side.
    — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • His foresight led him to launch an all-encompassing web agency, Emblaze One.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • There isn’t one all-encompassing answer to that question.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 May 2025
  • For brand marketers, this calls for a more adaptable, all-encompassing approach.
    — John Pacini, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Get ready to embrace the all-encompassing feeling of well-being that Medterra CBD oil offers.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
  • And, is being a teenager stuck with this all-encompassing medium more difficult than in years’ past?
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Minnesota’s special teams have ranked near the bottom of the league in DVOA, an all-encompassing efficiency metric, over the last three seasons.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • FanGraphs has an all-encompassing defensive metric that ranks the Angels 29th.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 May 2025

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