How to Use the whole shebang in a Sentence

the whole shebang

noun
  • It’s been about getting back there and winning the whole shebang.
    — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • 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
  • Then, work will shift to the lowest two levels, and the whole shebang is expected to be ready this spring.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Last season, the whole shebang went full-time professional, a first at their level.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
  • 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
  • Roughly $40 million (£32 million) will get you the whole shebang.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
  • 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
  • But nobody has done the whole shebang without supplemental oxygen.
    — Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • These were mounted to a support structure made up of 3-mm carbon fiber tubes, and the whole shebang bolted to the drone's X-frame.
    — New Atlas, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The Duffer Brothers and select stars tease what's coming in the 2-hour-plus conclusion to the whole shebang.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Cubes that have flat faces that touch can transmit both power and data, so there's no need to wire anything, and the whole shebang can be controlled via Bluetooth from your phone.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2014
  • 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, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Read on to learn how Teal Health’s at-home test may help close the screening gap for cervical cancer and make the whole shebang more doable and comfortable for some people.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 May 2025
  • Remember, Record of the Year honors the whole shebang — not only the artists, but the producers and engineers involved in the song.
    — Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Pricing is set by the artist and ranges from $200 hour-long shoots to $10,000 all-day packages with models, site designers and the whole shebang.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Ultimately, though, Jesse Armstrong and company understand that the Roys are the whole shebang.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Montenegro’s role at Eurovision since joining the whole shebang in 2007 has essentially been to make up the numbers.
    — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026
  • 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
  • There are six pairs of actors playing the two leads (along with several different Raouls and Madame Girys, the latter being our spooky, imperious tour guide through the whole shebang).
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • 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 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.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • And the guest appearance by the incomparable Missy Elliott — giving, for the time, an all-too-rare Super Bowl spotlight on hip-hop — helped take the whole shebang to the next level.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pui Man comes in last in the technical again, with Lesley and Nataliia also in the bottom, where Aaron comes in third, Nadia comes in second, and Jasmine wins the whole shebang.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The album the 48-year-old country-music star put out last May leans hard into mood, scale and theatricality — strings, horns, choirs, the whole shebang — built around the idea of pushing back against a culture that wants everything fast, familiar and instantly gratifying.
    — Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Almost all of the potential bidders are interested in the whole shebang of the A-lister-representing Brillstein Entertainment Partners, what was once the Paradigm Talent Agency, the various consultancies and more.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026

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