How to Use of all people in a Sentence

of all people

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  • Stunned that Michael, of all people, was the one holdout among the judges.
    — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 24 Feb. 2025
  • A lot of the fun is supplied by Vince Vaughn, of all people.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The film stars, of all people, Hugh Grant, who is said to have an amazing turn as a villain in the film.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Could Jimmy Carter, of all people, be the savior of the shuttle?
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • And their voice of reason, of all people, is Draymond Green.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • This is the same Austin Peay team that had 49 points hung on it a week ago by Southern Illinois of all people.
    — Bran Strickland | , al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Not long after the Globes, Short clarified to Bill Maher — of all people — that the two were just friends.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Not long after the Globes, Short clarified to Bill Maher — of all people — that the two were just friends.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Got any theories on why Presley, of all people, has the tablet?
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Texting at a light is against the law for a reason, and a police officer of all people should know not to do it.
    — Michael Boyle, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
  • More than half of all people charged have pleaded guilty to federal charges.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • This rally is a call to engage our community in a movement to fight for the lives of women and to fight for the human rights of all people.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The ideal remains for equal treatment of all people regardless of race or class.
    — Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, only two rappers have ever paid me back: Everlast (my best friend, no less), and of all people, ODB.
    — Dante Ross, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Authorities blurred out the faces of all people in the videos, shielding their identities.
    — CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Sheryl, of all people, kicks in a gift of her own: a major leg up for Team Good in the impending apocalypse.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2024
  • Between 10% and 15% of all people who fall ill end up dying of the disease even with antibiotic treatment, the CDC said.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 June 2023
  • This represents Elon Musk, of all people, getting to attach a device to a human brain.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 25 May 2023
  • From there, the conflict escalates: Miguel jumps in to defend Robby and ends up fighting Axel, then Gunther, of all people, gets hit hard in the face and knocked to the floor.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • About half of all people with untreated active TB die from the disease, whereas treatment reduces the death rate to 12%.
    — Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Fortnite is the home of a million crossovers, most recently of which has included Mariah Carey, of all people.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • This can be done while preserving the ability of all people to have access to healthy relationships with the land.
    — TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Over one-third of all people who visited the warming center stayed for just a single night, according to Scott.
    — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • More than half of all people who menstruate experience cramps a few days each month.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But now there was this developer in his DMs — a 16-year-old high school student, of all people — linking him to a prototype.
    — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Israel will also have the authority to approve the movement of all people and goods passing through the border.
    — Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Butcher works for the government, supervised by Hughie of all people.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
  • About 10% of all people attending are coming from Ecuador, said Epstein.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
  • By midseason, veteran right guard Greg Van Roten of all people — who had only signed with the team at the start of training camp — was standing up after games speaking to the rest of the team.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • According to a study released in June, nearly a third of all people who are unhoused in the United States live in California.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023

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