How to Use after all in a Sentence

after all

adverb
  • The end may not be near after all.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Dogs have to be dogs, after all.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Maybe this will work out after all.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What does that say about us, after all?
    — Matthew Specktor, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
  • He was born that way, after all.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Friend is, after all, easy to spot.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Stocks were at record highs, after all.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That is, after all, a spy’s skill.
    — Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Swifties love their clues, after all.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Apr. 2026
  • So maybe not so much progress, after all.
    — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • Twoness was, after all, a choice.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Rome wasn’t built in a day, after all.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Home, after all, is where the heart is.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And this, after all, is what the film is about.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Maybe that’s not such a bad thing, after all.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It’s worked for the last two decades, after all.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But after all that, his kid was still raised by the help.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • This is the Cruise show, after all.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And maybe, Varang isn’t the bad guy after all.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Allen was on the other side, after all.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Cubs are just a plucky wild-card team, after all.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Being a new mom is hard, after all.
    — Michelle Maves, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Coming back after all that time was strange.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Though what, after all, is time to a cartoon?
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • All fathers take videos of their sons, after all.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
  • Dumbbells might not be so dumb after all.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • It’s called a clearout sale for a reason, after all.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Sports, after all, is both an art and a science.
    — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Well, the scene was not so glamorous after all.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • And yet, after all that, the roster isn’t that bad.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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