How to Use caboodle in a Sentence

caboodle

noun
  • The voice, the eyes, the whole kit-and-caboodle of Cher was just beautiful.
    Drew Magary, GQ, 16 May 2018
  • Not always in so many words — and that wasn't the whole kit and caboodle of advice.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, latimes.com, 22 May 2018
  • The whole kit and caboodle is simply too big to be a failure.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Unless someone snaps up the whole kit and caboodle first, of course.
    Janice O'Leary, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Some razzmatazz that’s suitable for the whole family — kids, oldsters, the whole kit and caboodle.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • That’s the obviously chilling part of the whole kit and caboodle.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • There are other ways in which a plethora of self-driving cars will be part of the law enforcement kit and caboodle.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 May 2021
  • In team sports, each member splits the winnings evenly, but individuals get the whole kit and caboodle.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Whole grain flour, on the other hand, is comprised of the whole kit and caboodle, which means that these flours are much more perishable, and will go rancid after one to three months at room temperature.
    Jesse Sparks, Bon Appétit, 3 Sep. 2019
  • This will help the bottom of the omelet finish cooking (translation: easier rolling) without running the risk of overcooking the whole caboodle.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 27 Mar. 2017
  • Growing up, my tangerine-colored caboodle was filled with snap bracelets, Lancôme Juicy Tubes, and a hair gem bedazzler that my sisters and I stamped onto each other's hair strands for middle school dances and roller rink birthday parties.
    Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 11 July 2022
  • The English language is regrown from its historical roots in the basement of a maternity hospital, the whole caboodle goes completely mad in a brothel.
    Anne Enright, The New York Review of Books, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Weiss deftly knifed Campbell, who, by 2017, was out as director, and Weiss became both president and chief executive officer, running the whole kit and caboodle.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Nov. 2021
  • As long as the whole kit and caboodle is stored at below-freezing temperatures and in an airtight container, your soup should retain its original quality all winter long.
    Audrey Bruno, SELF, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Tack on the beautiful bamboo canister, for an elevated, TSA-friendly bath time caboodle.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2023
  • May some exalted eminence hear my plea and preserve this experience, or, at least, spirit the whole kit and caboodle — set pieces, props, costumes, orchestra, dancers, stars, da woiks — to another locale and a future life.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2022

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