How to Use shebang in a Sentence

shebang

noun

• How big would the opposing group need to be to tip the whole shebang?
  — Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2018
• Part of me, the hopeful Mankind-loving part, thinks maybe Wells is in on the whole shebang.
  — Joshua David Stein, Town & Country, 6 Nov. 2019
• Perform the whole shebang a few times a week to see results.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 14 Feb. 2015
• When the whole shebang is over the winning team will walk away with $2 million.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2015
• Play-by-play, the pit reporters, the mobile studio - the whole shebang.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 19 May 2017
• And, just like last year, the big shebang will happen without a host.
  — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2020
• Watch a snippet of her new joint below, then see the whole shebang here.
  — Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2018
• The whole shebang weighs just 2.4 ounces, so there’s no excuse for leaving it at home.
  — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 14 July 2017
• The whole shebang—five bits and handle—stores in a neat little wallet.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2020
• Of course, the entire shebang must be covered with turkey gravy.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Nov. 2018
• Cameras and lenses This is the most expensive and contentious part of the whole shebang.
  — Brent Rose, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2018
• Book signings, cooking demos, and live music round out the free shebang.
  — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 2 Apr. 2018
• An audience member in front of me kept raising his arms to the sky as if the whole shebang had been his triumph.
  — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• To be honest, the hardest part of the whole shebang was walking to and from the grocery store to get nuts—seriously.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 28 June 2018
• If gaming is added to the Olympics as expected in the next decade, Graham would be perfect to serve in the Costas role, hosting the whole e-sports shebang.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
• The lights are synced with the curvature and height of the castle’s walls and turrets, and the whole shebang is set to a new arrangement by composer John Williams.
  — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 23 June 2017
• But there are a number of shows this weekend coinciding with the big shebang.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• The whole shebang is dishwasher safe, microwave-friendly, and BPA-free.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 7 Apr. 2020
• When the country was made by the guys back then and the Constitution and the whole bit, that shebang, with the Bill of Rights, which was a very good document, really a superb . .
  — Rob Long, National Review, 20 June 2019
• My family’s bikes live in my living room, because my husband has had every part of his bike (as well as the whole shebang) stolen off the street in his youth.
  — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 30 Aug. 2018
• That included cuts, color, blow-outs, washes — the whole shebang.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• The whole shebang cost $95, not including black pants, which carried over from the existing uniform.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
• The whole shebang-bang-bang became the band's calling card, which earned it a following and plenty of notoriety.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
• New plan: Some turkey Thursday, then gameday, then the full shebang on Saturday.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
• The whole socially distanced shebang kicks off at noon Saturday and again on Sunday.
  — Matt Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2020
• Who amongst us hasn't spent a dangerous amount of time of late contemplating a DIY hair transformation, whether that's cutting new bangs, dabbling in hair dye, or just buzzing the whole shebang off?
  — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 21 Apr. 2020
• Mac developed the show over several years, tying the decades into longer and longer segments that climaxed into a bragging-rights' 24-hour performance of the whole shebang in New York two years ago.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• That’s what the whole shebang — the monumental, entirely last-minute vision of the show for the street, the rickety execution, the screaming crowds, the editors rolling their eyes but still attuned to his every word — was about.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
• These three titans of music first hit the studio together a decade prior, and had to eventually scrap the whole shebang over scheduling conflicts.
  — Robbie Daw, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2019
• Late summer’s small window of exquisitely ripe, local tomato apotheosis pretty much mirrors how many of us feel about summer itself: The whole shebang is sweet, but far too short.
  — Alexandra Hall, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024