All the King's Men
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Example Sentences
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Like all the officers at the Academy, Officer Salzburg had the Glitch gene and had gained a reputation for himself fixing and putting the future back together like it was Humpty Dumpty and he was all the king’s men.
From Literature
All the king’s men could see, clear as anything, that one was an imposter, that one must have been the demon prince in disguise.
From Literature
Time for one of the country's finest ceremonial occasions, when a good chunk of all the King's horses and all the King's men trot from the Palace to Parliament before the monarch makes a speech to MPs, members of the House of Lords and all of us.
From BBC
His most recent film credit was a small part in the 2006 Sean Penn movie “All the King’s Men.”
From New York Times
Besides, if you live awhile and read a lot of history and literature, you come to recognize a harsh truth memorably enunciated in Robert Penn Warren’s “All the King’s Men.”
From Washington Post
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