How to Use all-or-nothing in a Sentence

all-or-nothing

adjective
Definition of all-or-nothingnext
  • The Dodgers’ offense has had its own – much milder – dry spells spaced out in an all-or-nothing pattern over the past month.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
  • Remember, though, that these are not all-or-nothing ranges.
    — Emily Abbate, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The more the Bruins court history, the more all-or-nothing success becomes.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The Moon is entering Scorpio and your all-or-nothing 8th house, which covers many of the most serious aspects of life.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Rahman notes that apps do not have to take an all-or-nothing approach to integrity checking.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Sanguine Celtics fans don’t usually like to deal in such absolutes or all-or-nothing stakes.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Curt Miller urged his team to play with an all-or-nothing sentiment before the Sparks closed their four-game homestand Tuesday night.
    — Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • Campbell’s all-or-nothing, go-for-it mentality hurt him in that title game.
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, her all-or-nothing spirit, inspiring to some but grating to others, prompted her to take her goats to the streets of New York City last fall to raise attention to her plight.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But saving for college isn’t an all-or-nothing decision.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But thanks, in part, to the pandemic, the stark all-or-nothing choices mothers have faced around working or not are becoming more flexible.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But her all-or-nothing work ethic can sometimes cause a difference of opinion, as fans learned in her most recent post on Instagram.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Heat will issue its injury report for Friday’s all-or-nothing game on Thursday afternoon.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Most of these projects are all-or-nothing, meaning local governments rent or buy the properties and use them entirely for shelter space.
    — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Support for democracy and human rights is not an all-or-nothing proposition.
    — Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Reducing your plastic footprint is not an all-or-nothing approach, Jackson says.
    — Jerica Pender, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Moon is in your all-or-nothing 8th house, leaving you extremely sensitive to everyone else's behavior.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • Don’t get trapped in an all-or-nothing mentality: Some salt is important for flavor, just use it strategically.
    — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Share Success of Li Auto underlines risks of an all-or-nothing approach to the shift to electric vehicles Don’t write off hybrid electric vehicles.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2023
  • So tuning out all-or-nothing diet mindsets can improve our nutrition and benefit us in deeper ways.
    — Oona Hanson, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • People sometimes take an all-or-nothing approach to vulnerability with new friends, but small steps build trust most reliably.
    — Emma Nadler, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • While copyright law tends to favor an all-or-nothing approach, scholars at Harvard Law School have proposed new models of joint ownership that allow artists to gain some rights in outputs that resemble their works.
    — Robert Mahari, Fortune, 17 June 2023
  • The strategy of all-or-nothing competition with China has meant abiding the growth of other illiberal governments in the region.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Your ambitious 10th house is hosting the Moon for its monthly visit, giving you a drive to succeed that drive gains further intensity when Luna sextiles Mercury in your all-or-nothing 8th house.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
  • Bedridden after a stroke, Wilson rejected any amendments, insisting on an all-or-nothing approach.
    — Michael Sheldrick, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But for those with partly manageable conditions like high cholesterol or chronic viral infection, there may be less enthusiasm in some folks for this all-or-nothing approach.
    — Fyodor Urnov, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Middle Tennessee had an all-or-nothing defensive approach last season.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • More seriously, some argue that taking an all-or-nothing, founder-or-manager approach is inherently flawed.
    — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Paxton’s impeachment attorneys countered with an all-or-nothing response.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • Stepping into the debate was the reformist former president, Mohammad Khatami, who sought to lessen hijab as an all-or-nothing revolutionary issue.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023

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