How to Use of all places in a Sentence

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  • And what about the candle inspired by the Moon, of all places?
    — Kristin Limoges, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
  • The Idea of You seems to have been buoyed by great word of mouth, out of South by Southwest of all places.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2024
  • As a result, Amy and Sidonie took to eBay, and one shop in Majorca of all places.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2023
  • There is injustice and corruption, which is true of all places in the world.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 May 2024
  • The fact that a Black soldier chose to make a small town in the Upper Peninsula, of all places, his home after the war.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 28 May 2023
  • Who knew a massive pimple could appear on your knee, of all places?
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 4 May 2023
  • The Hills stumbled on a restaurant, in a mall of all places, that earned a Michelin guide shout-out seven years ago.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But Bourdain planned a blind taste test of snack foods for the show, so the pair noshed at a 7-Eleven, of all places, during their shopping trip, our sources say.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 8 June 2024
  • This week, New York City got smoked out … in a very bad, extremely toxic way by Canada of all places.
    — Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 8 June 2023
  • Watch this video to learn why customers are flocking to Costco — of all places — to buy precious metals.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Several people marveled at the astute little bear’s instinct to ask for help at a zoo of all places.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2024
  • Still, to impose such a hard line in Catholic schools, of all places, seems particularly unjust.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That friend said he had been taken to, of all places, Abdirahman’s former home, which like many other private homes had been seized by the RSF.
    — Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Why, of all places, would South Florida need someone focused solely on heat?
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Then, to add to the drama, Mel finds out in the part one finale that her biological father lives in Virgin River, of all places.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Mark Kelly There’s some good news in American politics, believe it or not, and in Seattle of all places.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • As anyone who's had a run-in with one of the unwelcome guests will tell you, there's nothing worse than the heart-stopping shock of seeing a roach in your home of all places (the audacity!).
    — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 15 June 2023
  • This year, some of the most chaotic comedy occurred in, of all places, the United States House of Representatives.
    — Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2023
  • That includes posting photos without makeup and taking viewers behind the scenes to, of all places, the shower.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • Laney College, of all places, will play host to Oakland’s next professional baseball team.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The pork ribs reminded me of the version from one of my favorite Cantonese restaurants (in Melbourne of all places, but that's another story).
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
  • Because it was excavated in 1938 from a merchant’s villa in, of all places, Pompeii.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • This week, Anthony also announced a tour for 2024, starting in, of all places, Stockholm, Sweden.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Today, there are just four standalone Tastee-Freez stores left, including one in Anchorage, of all places.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The European football championships kick off in Germany of all places tonight and Hollywood types may be keeping a keen eye out for breakout stars.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 June 2024
  • But Molyneux asserts the e-bike industry can learn a lot from, of all places, automakers in how to address these safety concerns going forward.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Shortly before Covid started to spread, Daria got an unexpected job offer in Iceland, of all places.
    — Lara Vapnyar, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The Auburn University graduate’s journey to find love wound up in Stevenson, Washington, of all places.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 18 July 2023
  • The Burtons were newlyweds when shooting interiors began in Paris, of all places, the previous year.
    — Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Lauren Lewis, the conservator who authenticated the painting, said that this work simply disappeared for 80 years—only to show up at the thrift store of all places.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 6 Sep. 2023

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