MEN Ev'ry chamber, ev'ry outlet, Have we searched, but all in vain.
But all in vain the quips we heard, We lay and sobbed upon the rocks, Until to somebody occurred A startling paradox.
But all my women seem to fail me when I need them most.
But all this is reversed in the case of the unjust man.
Not that he spoke a great deal, but all he said was good sense, and he had a smiling way of saying it.
It's idiocy, but all war is idiotic, and the most whole-hearted idiot is apt to win.
I knew the living movement under me, and the companionship of men, but all dimly, for at heart I was alone, grappling with the realization of a new world.
This elastic opening might be adapted to existing circumstances by a slight alteration:- The praise of a dairy to tell you I mean, But all things in order, first God save the Queen.
In praise of a dairy I purpose to sing, But all things in order, first, God save the King!
The tune is well known in the North, but all attempts on the part of Mr. Birkbeck to obtain the remaining verses have been unsuccessful.
I can give up nothing for you--I have nothing to resign, and no one to forsake; but all my love and life shall be devoted to you, and with my last breath I will breathe your name to God if I have sense and memory left.
After they had mused a while upon this, they set up two or three great shouts, hallooing with all their might, to try if they could make their companions hear; but all was to no purpose.
But all this is by-the-bye; for as to my figure, I had so few to observe me that it was of no manner of consequence, so I say no more of that.
But all I could make use of was all that was valuable: I had enough to eat and supply my wants, and what was all the rest to me?
But all my devices to get it into the water failed me; though they cost me infinite labour too.
Right at the last, she didn't seem to want to leave so badly, but all of them said she must.
Now I know what I know, well enough, but all I know is like to keep me an' my children in a log cabin an' on log cabin ways to the end of our time.
I suspect it's not a very nice thing for me to tell, but allof us were tickled silly the day Miss Amelia packed her trunk and left for sure.
I answered as loud as I could in several languages, and he often laid his ear within two yards of me: but all in vain, for we were wholly unintelligible to each other.
I called out several times, as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose.
He stammered, expanded his chest, looked stern, gallant, tender, but all unintelligently.
A general laugh arose among the subscribers, Mr. McGraw remarking that this was rather offhand dealing with us; but all took it in good part and signed the agreement.
Reforms began at once--halting, indeed, but all tending in the right direction.
The girl now again went forward, and we retraced our way, doing the best we could to discover the chair, but all to no purpose; no chair was to be found.
Consort with whom you please and write to whom you please; but all the consequences be on your own head.
No one may betray the society's secrets, and when they make a new member he has to strip off all his clothes and lie down naked and every one spits on his chest and rubs it and says: Be One of Us, but all in Latin.
But all ye Gods, Adore him, who to compass all this dies, Adore the Son, and honour him as mee.
I entered several, and looked about, but all in vain; I could not find the place which I had in my mind's eye.
Pinocchio, as you may well imagine, began to scream and weep and beg; but all was of no use, for no houses were to be seen and not a soul passed by on the road.
He wanted to laugh, he wanted to cry, he wanted to say a thousand and one things, but all he could do was to stand still, stuttering and stammering brokenly.
It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the same size, but all of different color.
Momaya pleaded and threatened, but all to no avail.
Tarzan tried to comfort him, even as fierce Kala had comforted Tarzan when the ape-man was a balu, but all to no avail.
Biting and striking at the barrier, Taug finally worked himself into a frightful rage, but allto no avail; and at last he became convinced that he must turn back.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but all" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
