How to Use the whole shebang in a Sentence

the whole shebang

noun
  • Lay the pancake on top, flip the whole shebang, add some chili crisp, and roll it all up together.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That changed in their first game since Foster went from running backs coach to running the whole shebang.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
  • To bring the whole shebang across the finish line, the dome became filled with images of the various endangered species in the nearby desert.
    Brad Auerbach, Spin, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Roughly $40 million (£32 million) will get you the whole shebang.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
  • Now the whole shebang feels like a preview of something that would take over almost every aspect of our country.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Both are perfectly cast but the whole shebang is stolen by Mendelsohn, whose fur coat-sporting predator also has his sights set on the girl.
    and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
  • Last season, the whole shebang went full-time professional, a first at their level.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
  • The Emmys had a category shake-up, and due to the joint strike delaying the whole shebang, the ceremony took place the day after the Critics Choice Awards instead of months before.
    Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Standing in for last year’s winners Ukraine, the United Kingdom, specifically Liverpool, will be hosting the whole shebang for the first time since 1998.
    Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 9 May 2023
  • Long white veils, glittering jewelry, the whole shebang.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Ultimately, though, Jesse Armstrong and company understand that the Roys are the whole shebang.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Ambitious and energetic travelers can see the whole shebang in a day; with more time or less energy, consider an overnight along the fjord or in Bergen.
    Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2023
  • The base, a thick Sicilian-esque crust, is topped with tomato sauce, salami and green bell peppers — and the whole shebang is shingled with slices of yellow American cheese, which is not the most photogenic finish.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The original concept from Bertrand was subsequently padded out by naval architect Philippe Roulin, with plans calling for the whole shebang to run on battery electric power.
    New Atlas, 26 July 2024
  • Your fluids are mixing with another person’s fluids—you’re both wet, probably a little sweaty, swapping spit, the whole shebang.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 23 July 2024
  • Three are trivia questions, none are particularly easy and all are clued straightforwardly enough that the whole shebang might have flown right over my head without an explanatory entry, or revealer, at 56-Across.
    Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The total value of all U.S. assets (business, public companies, real estate, the whole shebang) is estimated at roughly $500 trillion.
    Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024

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