How to Use all-important in a Sentence

all-important

adjective
  • The study looks at the all-important grounding line area of glaciers on ice sheets.
    — Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • All of this comes right in the heart of the all-important spring housing market.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Not only that, the car put Bentley on the map and spurred on all-important sales.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 May 2023
  • This is the approach that gains that all-important trust.
    — Joe Atkinson, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In terms of groove, that took him a minute, but in terms of the all-important groove of the right hand — that was very natural to him.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The play is set the evening before Angel is about to take that all-important SAT test.
    — Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 13 May 2024
  • The Carroll girls’ strength is in the all-important relay events.
    — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Philadelphia would need some help to grab the top spot and the all-important bye week in the Wild Card round.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Next comes the all-important shower of shredded cheese, which will bubble and brown in the oven.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • So, eat the rainbow and remember that flaxseeds are just one small part of the all-important whole.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The all-important housing market is in the midst of its worst downturn on record.
    — Laura He, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Ahrendts’s expertise may help the firm make that all-important choice of its first deal.
    — Byemma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Trott liked to frog-march around the harbor with his crisp leather ledger tucked under his arm, all-important.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Both of those things are true on the surface, but barely sum up that wild 90-minute ride, plus the all-important stoppage time.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Well, podcasts are a great way to build that all-important rapport.
    — Adam Coffey, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Each station had a line of people waiting for their turn at the controls of some new game to get a taste of the style, the look, and the all-important gameplay.
    — Henk Rogers, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The United States learned in Iraq and elsewhere that the latter outcome is all-important.
    — David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
  • Acne Studio’s loose-fit jeans in light blue can be had for $420 for that all-important wide-leg, loose fit.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The toughest change has been with the all-important residuals.
    — Jocelyn Noveck and R.j. Rico, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
  • Hold that all-important conversation on the 11th when the Sun meets with Mercury in Aries.
    — Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • And for that all-important wedding event, the dollars saved on a LGD ring leaves more money to spend on the honeymoon.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Del Norte added what was believed to be an all-important insurance run in the top of the seventh inning.
    — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • That's why these 28 tips to make sure your all-important ticker is functioning at its best are key any time of year.
    — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But where exactly should this all-important piece go in your home?
    — Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In other words, running for half an hour five times a week will keep those all-important telomeres long.
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
  • For the first time in years, there’s enough snow in the Rocky Mountains to fill — even possibly overflow — parts of the all-important Colorado River.
    — Brian K Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • And that can be a big problem, since lots of us are lacking that all-important mineral.
    — Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Melichar-Martinez and Perez took a 5-0 lead in the first set, and won the all-important fifth game of the second set when Melichar-Martinez smashed a volley at the net on the deciding point.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Tune in to the conversation—which includes their highlights from Cannes’s all-important red carpet—up above.
    — Chelsea Daniel, Vogue, 20 May 2025
  • The slow start last year to the all-important summer movie season made distributors and exhibitors anxious.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025

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