at all
adverb
: in any way or respect : to the least extent or degree : under any circumstances
doesn't smoke at all
Examples of at all in a Sentence
wasn't at all pleased with the way the family portrait came out
Recent Examples on the Web
Some of this is for good reason—no child should have to hear that they’re regretted—but what other human experience is there about which one will probably be judged a monster for having any regret at all?
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R. O. Kwon, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
Taylor Wilson: And has the Biden campaign responded at all to this?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
So, despite our good intentions, the more than 600,000 people released from prison each year in the United States are left with not much of a second chance at all.
—Brian Hamilton, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
For regular people, though, booking a table at all but the most exclusive restaurants—Le Pavillon in the fifties, the Four Seasons in the sixties, Sign of the Dove in the seventies, Le Cirque in the eighties, Per Se in the two-thousands—required only a telephone.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
The undercover officers who shot Rives were not required to have cameras at all.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
But asking the question at all gives hope to Robert Bank, president of the human rights organization American Jewish World Service.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 21 Apr. 2024
Lawmakers across the political spectrum, including Newsom, say lower courts have hindered officials’ ability to regulate encampments at all, causing health and safety issues for the public and people in them.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 20 Apr. 2024
The whole stigma behind the music industry now, has that kind of dimmed your passion for it a bit at all?
Not at all.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
R. O. Kwon, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
Taylor Wilson: And has the Biden campaign responded at all to this?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
So, despite our good intentions, the more than 600,000 people released from prison each year in the United States are left with not much of a second chance at all.
—Brian Hamilton, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
For regular people, though, booking a table at all but the most exclusive restaurants—Le Pavillon in the fifties, the Four Seasons in the sixties, Sign of the Dove in the seventies, Le Cirque in the eighties, Per Se in the two-thousands—required only a telephone.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
The undercover officers who shot Rives were not required to have cameras at all.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
But asking the question at all gives hope to Robert Bank, president of the human rights organization American Jewish World Service.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 21 Apr. 2024
Lawmakers across the political spectrum, including Newsom, say lower courts have hindered officials’ ability to regulate encampments at all, causing health and safety issues for the public and people in them.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 20 Apr. 2024
The whole stigma behind the music industry now, has that kind of dimmed your passion for it a bit at all?
Not at all.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
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“At all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20all. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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