How to Use all-important in a Sentence

all-important

adjective
  • Bove does much the same for our time, but with an all-important twist.
    — Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
  • This is the man who tends to Chen’s all-important hair.
    — Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The study looks at the all-important grounding line area of glaciers on ice sheets.
    — Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • And lashings of the all-important gravy.
    — Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Tonight is the all-important Game 5.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 May 2026
  • All of this comes right in the heart of the all-important spring housing market.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
  • But where exactly should this all-important piece go in your home?
    — Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Well, podcasts are a great way to build that all-important rapport.
    — Adam Coffey, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Ahrendts’s expertise may help the firm make that all-important choice of its first deal.
    — Byemma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Brower’s team brought in the tub, new walls, and the all-important carpet.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Trott liked to frog-march around the harbor with his crisp leather ledger tucked under his arm, all-important.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The all-important housing market is in the midst of its worst downturn on record.
    — Laura He, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Not only that, the car put Bentley on the map and spurred on all-important sales.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 May 2023
  • The all-important Farke phone call is a big step in any Leeds transfer chase.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • Next comes the all-important shower of shredded cheese, which will bubble and brown in the oven.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • So, eat the rainbow and remember that flaxseeds are just one small part of the all-important whole.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 29 May 2025
  • So, eat the rainbow and remember that flaxseeds are just one small part of the all-important whole.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 29 May 2025
  • In other words, running for half an hour five times a week will keep those all-important telomeres long.
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Carroll girls’ strength is in the all-important relay events.
    — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Knowledge of the bottom contours of your lake is all-important.
    — Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
  • So what trends will make waves within this all-important space in 2026?
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That would send it to OT, where the B’s grabbed the all-important two points.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And that can be a big problem, since lots of us are lacking that all-important mineral.
    — Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The toughest change has been with the all-important residuals.
    — Jocelyn Noveck and R.j. Rico, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
  • So, the all-important question, the pricing.
    — New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In terms of groove, that took him a minute, but in terms of the all-important groove of the right hand — that was very natural to him.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Pickett isn’t a threat to Young, who enters an all-important fourth season.
    — Mike Kaye updated March 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • As for the Bears’ O, can their all-important run game prosper against this Rams’ front?
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • On its menu are a more than a dozen ramen noodle dishes that feature the all-important broths made from scratch daily.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
  • That's why these 28 tips to make sure your all-important ticker is functioning at its best are key any time of year.
    — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2023

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