How to Use anything goes in a Sentence
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Have fun and share your beat In this last step, anything goes!
— Luis Velarde, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024 -
But if anything goes wrong, that extra acre is there to fill in the gaps.
— Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2023 -
This dash cam will give them video proof if anything goes wrong.
— Sam Peters, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022 -
That’s the beauty of the Grammys, where anything goes, and often works.
— Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024 -
And, if anything goes wrong, well, that just might be a bonus in the hands of such a skilled, in-the-moment musician.
— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023 -
If anything goes wrong in any of those spheres, the rest of their lives are most likely still intact.
— Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024 -
Remember, the breezy nature of the drink means that anything goes.
— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024 -
It’s got this kind of punk rock, anything goes kind of energy to all our shows.
— Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023 -
Those will be the pieces that will be life-savers if anything goes unplanned with the weather or something else.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 May 2024 -
As a result, some groups of visitors think of it as a city where anything goes.
— Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2022 -
But as with the tradition of Halloween costumes, anything goes in the U.S.
— Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023 -
Wear them lower around your hips or higher on your waist; anything goes with this pair.
— Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
— Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023 -
Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
— Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023 -
This year has seen its share of nail trends, including blush nails and chrome nails, but the nice thing about Halloween nails is that anything goes.
— Marissa Oliva, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023 -
But now, just about anything goes, including leaving out the corn.
— Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023 -
Right now, the Democrats have started pushing so far from that rare but safe to anything goes, up to nine months of pregnancy, after birth.
— CBS News, 9 Oct. 2022 -
On the roof of the Aria, 60 stories above, Jon Loreto, a large bald man about 40 years old, stands guard by one of the launch sites with a hose, spraying down the rubber roof in case anything goes awry.
— David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024 -
Piled high with condiments ranging from mustard to onion to relish to chili, almost anything goes well with it.
— Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023 -
There is this feeling of anything goes, so you’re not put into categories.
— Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024 -
And at Musk’s barebones Twitter, which has a skeleton crew manning its trust and safety desk, anything goes.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023 -
There are some tiny limitations to weaponry that can be used or who can be targeted, but, for the most part, anything goes.
— Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022 -
It's protected against weather and UV rays, as well, and if anything goes wrong in the first year, there's a warranty to protect your purchase.
— Kelsey Chapman, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024 -
The interest in this project, as in any project is the potential for long-term success (profit) and risk sharing if anything goes askew during the process.
— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023 -
Christian ethics and praxis are not a sentimental game of anything goes.
— Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2024 -
With that Rudy Gobert dunk and the subsequent failure to secure a decent shot at Dallas’ end, the series arrives at 2-2 Monday and anything goes.
— Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2022 -
Body language will be something to watch closely on the sideline Saturday after anything goes wrong.
— Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023 -
When designing a kids' bathroom, think of it as a little jewel box where anything goes—including gingham floors.
— Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 8 Feb. 2023 -
The county will still have to provide them with services, protect them and protect the surrounding community from them if anything goes wrong, Summers said.
— Travis Loller, Fortune, 8 July 2023 -
If that sounds vague, that's because lip combos as a concept are gloriously simple — any group of two or more lip products counts as a combo, and from there pretty much anything goes.
— Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 30 Jan. 2023
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