How to Use shebang in a Sentence

shebang

noun
  • Like it or not, that’s the way a big chunk of this whole shebang may be going.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • How big would the opposing group need to be to tip the whole shebang?
    — Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2018
  • Watch a snippet of her new joint below, then see the whole shebang here.
    — Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2018
  • And, just like last year, the big shebang will happen without a host.
    — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2020
  • When the whole shebang is over the winning team will walk away with $2 million.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2015
  • Not this year, due to the strike that almost torpedoed the whole darn shebang.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • 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
  • Book signings, cooking demos, and live music round out the free shebang.
    — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Play-by-play, the pit reporters, the mobile studio - the whole shebang.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 19 May 2017
  • 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
  • But there are a number of shows this weekend coinciding with the big shebang.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 13 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
  • That included cuts, color, blow-outs, washes — the whole shebang.
    — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Cameras and lenses This is the most expensive and contentious part of the whole shebang.
    — Brent Rose, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Most couples embarking on a wedding party abroad do the civil part a few days before the big shebang.
    — Katherine Ormerod, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Liana teamed up with the Feud actor to throw one big shebang, freeing the fashionista of racks upon racks of chic garments.
    — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 socially distanced shebang kicks off at noon Saturday and again on Sunday.
    — Matt Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2020
  • The whole shebang is dishwasher safe, microwave-friendly, and BPA-free.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 7 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • And actually get the whole quirky, infectious shebang into the Billboard top five, selling over a million albums in a little over a month?
    — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Beside all the food stations, multiple bars and music, Pegasus can always be counted on to host a huge concert at the end of the shebang with big name talent.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Headlining the who shebang is Alisdair Fraser, considered one of the top Scottish fiddlers on the planet.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Then again, the artifice of the film’s tone isn’t built for reflection, anyway, and its symbols aren’t found in any individual images but in the whole rollickingly monstrous shebang.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025

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