How to Use after all in a Sentence

after all

adverb

• Even after all these years, the border’s broad reach still takes my breath away.
  — Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
• This guy, after all, is too crazy to win the general election, right?
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 May 2022
• Some people realize that days filled with leisure time aren’t ideal, after all.
  — Shlomo Benartzi, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• Trump, after all, is on record advocating for one himself.
  — Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
• Which, in this circumstance — and who knows what circumstances may come — may be heroic after all.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022
• And even after all these deals, the company still has about $24 billion in cash on its balance sheet.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 20 May 2022
• Black holes, after all, are collapsed objects with a gravitational pull so great that not even light can escape.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 May 2022
• Every recipe tastes better with fresh ingredients, after all.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
• Eccentrics are part of the rural-England ambience, after all.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
• Jensen Huang doesn’t forecast a future where AI really replaces anyone, after all.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
• What is a western, after all, but a kind of hermeneutic care package of perversely lionizing myths about the most shameful facts of our inheritance?
  — Jonathan Dee, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• Many were left shocked by the events that just unfolded, unsure how to react, and a good share of people lost money, but that didn't stop the celebrations—after all, there were two more races to go.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 12 May 2022
• Collectibles with a nostalgic touch fared especially well; after all, nostalgia is a powerful emotion that can help bring you back to happier times.
  — Iris Ten Teije, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• Or, after all, is not a big event but a shift in Selin’s mind that would be imperceptible, except that it has been rendered to us as seismic, something big happening in someone’s head.
  — Sophie Haigney, The New Republic, 23 May 2022
• Even after all this, Donziger still might be required by Judge Kaplan to pay millions to Chevron to compensate the company for its mercenary army of lawyers.
  — Morgan Simon, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• The harder the swing, after all, the firmer the contact.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
• The goal, after all, is to get people to wager on the game.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
• Changes were made, of course — a movie is not a book, after all.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
• Here are the boys and girls stat leaders after all games through Jan. 19.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2023
• This is Texas, after all, so there’s no need for SMU to fold ‘em.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Food and cooking is a great source of joy for the actress after all.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• But don't delay — after all, this is one of the hottest deals of the entire event.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 6 July 2022
• And why, after all of this, is the filibuster still a thing?
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
• Packed in a hurry, the raincoat came in handy after all.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2023
• Now they’re being told the loans weren’t dead after all.
  — Michael Hill, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
• Now they're being told the loans weren't dead after all.
  — Michael Hill, ajc, 16 Nov. 2022
• That, after all, is the abiding impression of the squad the club has built.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
• Somehow after all of that the Dolphins still had one more first rounder from the 49ers.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• This is a team with a home win over Arizona, after all.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
• Even after all this time, that's worth raising a glass to.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024