How to Use of all places in a Sentence
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And what about the candle inspired by the Moon, of all places?
— Kristin Limoges, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023 -
The Idea of You seems to have been buoyed by great word of mouth, out of South by Southwest of all places.
— Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2024 -
As a result, Amy and Sidonie took to eBay, and one shop in Majorca of all places.
— Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2023 -
There is injustice and corruption, which is true of all places in the world.
— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 May 2024 -
The fact that a Black soldier chose to make a small town in the Upper Peninsula, of all places, his home after the war.
— John Carlisle, Freep.com, 28 May 2023 -
Who knew a massive pimple could appear on your knee, of all places?
— Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 4 May 2023 -
The Hills stumbled on a restaurant, in a mall of all places, that earned a Michelin guide shout-out seven years ago.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024 -
But Bourdain planned a blind taste test of snack foods for the show, so the pair noshed at a 7-Eleven, of all places, during their shopping trip, our sources say.
— Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024 -
This week, New York City got smoked out … in a very bad, extremely toxic way by Canada of all places.
— Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 8 June 2023 -
Watch this video to learn why customers are flocking to Costco — of all places — to buy precious metals.
— Alexandra Banner, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Several people marveled at the astute little bear’s instinct to ask for help at a zoo of all places.
— Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2024 -
Still, to impose such a hard line in Catholic schools, of all places, seems particularly unjust.
— Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023 -
That friend said he had been taken to, of all places, Abdirahman’s former home, which like many other private homes had been seized by the RSF.
— Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 -
Why, of all places, would South Florida need someone focused solely on heat?
— Denise Chow, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024 -
Then, to add to the drama, Mel finds out in the part one finale that her biological father lives in Virgin River, of all places.
— Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023 -
Mark Kelly There’s some good news in American politics, believe it or not, and in Seattle of all places.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023 -
As anyone who's had a run-in with one of the unwelcome guests will tell you, there's nothing worse than the heart-stopping shock of seeing a roach in your home of all places (the audacity!).
— Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 15 June 2023 -
This year, some of the most chaotic comedy occurred in, of all places, the United States House of Representatives.
— Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2023 -
That includes posting photos without makeup and taking viewers behind the scenes to, of all places, the shower.
— Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023 -
Laney College, of all places, will play host to Oakland’s next professional baseball team.
— Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2023 -
The pork ribs reminded me of the version from one of my favorite Cantonese restaurants (in Melbourne of all places, but that's another story).
— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024 -
Because it was excavated in 1938 from a merchant’s villa in, of all places, Pompeii.
— Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023 -
This week, Anthony also announced a tour for 2024, starting in, of all places, Stockholm, Sweden.
— David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023 -
Today, there are just four standalone Tastee-Freez stores left, including one in Anchorage, of all places.
— Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023 -
The European football championships kick off in Germany of all places tonight and Hollywood types may be keeping a keen eye out for breakout stars.
— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 June 2024 -
But Molyneux asserts the e-bike industry can learn a lot from, of all places, automakers in how to address these safety concerns going forward.
— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Shortly before Covid started to spread, Daria got an unexpected job offer in Iceland, of all places.
— Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023 -
The Auburn University graduate’s journey to find love wound up in Stevenson, Washington, of all places.
— Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 18 July 2023 -
The Burtons were newlyweds when shooting interiors began in Paris, of all places, the previous year.
— Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023 -
Lauren Lewis, the conservator who authenticated the painting, said that this work simply disappeared for 80 years—only to show up at the thrift store of all places.
— Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 6 Sep. 2023
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