How to Use every which way in a Sentence

every which way

adverb
  • Atkinson points out tire tracks going every which way in the flats.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014
  • Wiggle and swan dive and swivel my body every which way that feels good or right.
    — Malia Griggs, SELF, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The bad news is that warning bells of what is to come are ringing every which way.
    — Neil Irwin, Axios, 15 Mar. 2025
  • But the boat was caught in a major storm that jostled the weapons in every which way.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2019
  • This week, the race took on the look of a snow globe that’s been shaken and turned every which way.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Jan. 2022
  • It has been pored over every which way, in hopes of finding the slightest of clues.
    — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Here, Swift’s hair is pinned in a half up, half down style, with bangs combed every which way.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Mitchell’s hair, inky black and ultra-wavy, was teased and tangled every which way.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There's baby oil, there's toys flying every which way, there's all these girls naked.
    — Mike Sager, Esquire, 28 Apr. 2015
  • Joe is a genius and a sweetheart and was attuned to that in every which way.
    — Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The area is known for hotels, served by freeways going every which way.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Detroit has jumbled lines in every which way, but nothing has seemed to stick.
    — Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the last act, the vitrines tilt every which way, as if after an earthquake.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Thankfully, there are plenty of shorts cut every which way from which to choose.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 10 June 2021
  • Arrows zip by, horses race through, and bullets fly from every which way.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In Paris, the runways were filled with striped designs that went every which way.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Nine people dashing every which way with wardrobe, wigs and whatnot.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Guests could be spotted every which way, admiring one era of Abloh to the next.
    — Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 30 June 2022
  • Clean lines are nice, but so too is a space thumping with bright prints, color every which way, and things aplenty.
    — Vogue, 11 Mar. 2021
  • But the amplitudes of winding paths point every which way, so these paths work against each other.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Opponents have battered the Bears every which way on the ground.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Blennies and gobies are tiring to look at, darting every which way above.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Once connected to water, the whale spins while the tubes wiggle back and forth to spray every which way.
    — Laura Lu, Parents, 9 July 2024
  • The books are stacked every which way, with Fleck pulling them off the shelves to mark up passages at his nearby desk.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In these films and others, cameras point every which way to capture the artists on the stage and the crowd below.
    — Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2022
  • There’s a kind of determined gnarliness about them, a tendency to go every which way in the joints.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Additions are expected to come from every which way.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Focus groups might answer every which way, but to us, a Buick will always be a Buick.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2018
  • After all, most designs these days are Brazilian cut or feature lots of string and cut-outs every which way.
    — Vogue, 2 June 2022
  • After all, most designs these days are Brazilian cut or feature lots of string and cut-outs every which way.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 16 June 2023

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