ADJECTIVE
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broad in scope or content
an invention with broad applications
granted him wide powers
an all-embracing definition
a panoptic study of Soviet nationality
blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
across-the-board pay increases
How To Use all-encompassing In A Sentence
- In each case, the town and the barefaced cliffs behind which the irradiated children survive are linked together through montage, drawing out an all-encompassing atmosphere of inhibition and isolation.
- She gave an all-encompassing gesture to indicate her surroundings.
- For Rilke, the father's all-encompassing love is what drove the prodigal son away in the first place and what threatens to overwhelm and destroy him on his return.
- Sport is an all-encompassing drug, more addictive than crack cocaine.
- An all-encompassing disgust with the whole filthy business is a way to claim your good-citizenship merit badge without earning it.
- Tim is an all-encompassing trencherman, as generous to himself as he is to others.
- It's easy to imagine that the 12-year-old heroine of "The Mighty Miss Malone" (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House, 320 pages, $15.99) might become irate were people to dwell on her race; for surely (she'd say) what matters is her loquacity, intellect and "all-encompassing and pervasive humility. The Book That Broke the Color Line
- Even our Party and government consistently express willingness to be subject to public scrutiny, so why do the Beijing Olympics have all-encompassing authority?
- One of those all-encompassing terms for an "evil spirit, " a demon can represent anything from a malevolent ghost or fallen angel to a puppet of Satan.
- It's up to you to not let minor annoyances become all-encompassing drama.