of all things
idiom
—used to emphasize that the thing one is referring to is the thing one would least expect
The coach is making the entire football team take, of all things, ballet classes.
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The exhibit, featuring depictions of all things edible, will showcase the work of 15 artists who study at La Jolla’s Athenaeum Music & Arts Library under artist and teacher Jeff Yeomans.
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
That was followed by three straight years of missing the postseason, at which point Ryan became the face of all things wrong with the Falcons.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
In response to those concerns, the military created the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment, a research center dedicated to the science and engineering of all things frozen: glacier runways, the behavior of ice, the physics of snow and the climates of the past.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Brian Tyree Henry, who’s also an executive producer, proves himself — of all things!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
That was followed by three straight years of missing the postseason, at which point Ryan became the face of all things wrong with the Falcons.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
In response to those concerns, the military created the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment, a research center dedicated to the science and engineering of all things frozen: glacier runways, the behavior of ice, the physics of snow and the climates of the past.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Brian Tyree Henry, who’s also an executive producer, proves himself — of all things!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for of all things
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“Of all things.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20things. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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