How to Use the mother of all in a Sentence

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• The stage is set for the mother of all double features — light and dark, toys and boys, bombshell and bombshell.
  — Jason Frank, Vulture, 14 July 2023
• The Balboa: This sounds like the mother of all pizza sandwiches.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
• The queen is also typically the mother of all or mostly all of the honeybees in the hive.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2023
• Schwarzenegger even went so far to trick Stallone into doing the mother of all turkeys, 1992's Stop!
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2023
• The 46-year-old Louisiana native and first-time head coach was presiding over the mother of all youth movements.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023
• The 16th century literary classic Journey to the West is the mother of all Chinese fantasy.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
• Its stretchy, sweat-wicking, seam-free design also prevents the mother of all running nightmares: chafing.
  — Laura Holt, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
• Even the mother of all transit names, London’s Underground, has a problematic name.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• Within this container of cruelty, amid atrocities born of the mother of all atrocities, there was always music.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• After crafting a demonic family disaster and a bonkers Swedish getaway, writer/director Ari Aster has concocted the mother of all guilt trips.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Jul 2024