all the while
idiom
: during the entire time
He claimed that he was happy, but he was thinking all the while of quitting his job.
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The teams of Crittenden-Allan and Moore-Green have been working as a unit all the while.
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The native of New York was the portrait of the struggling artist who bounced from small gigs to part-time jobs just to pay the rent, all the while pushing back the temptation to end the dream.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2025
Such an economy would never achieve the descriptors from the previous sentence all the while having the cost of credit within it controlled by central planners.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
There’s a faux azalea hanging basket that will add some of the shrub’s signature pink hue to your porch, all the while relieving you from plant parent duties.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The native of New York was the portrait of the struggling artist who bounced from small gigs to part-time jobs just to pay the rent, all the while pushing back the temptation to end the dream.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2025
Such an economy would never achieve the descriptors from the previous sentence all the while having the cost of credit within it controlled by central planners.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
There’s a faux azalea hanging basket that will add some of the shrub’s signature pink hue to your porch, all the while relieving you from plant parent duties.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for all the while
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“All the while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20the%20while. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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