as anything
idiom
informal
: as any person or thing
—used in the sense of "very" or "extremely" to make a statement more forceful
He was (as) calm as anything.
It was as obvious as anything that she didn't want to go.
Examples of as anything in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Sarah Jessica Parker doesn’t come out of character apparently, because her outfit while arriving at the set of And Just Like That… is just as stylish as anything Carrie Bradshaw would wear.
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Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
Respect is slightly too deferential to Franklin, never allowing Hudson’s Aretha to appear as anything less than a saint.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 May 2024
In many ways, what's been going on in Helmand is as important as anything else in terms of demonstrating whether the coalition has the ability to push them out of an area and keep them out.
—Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2010
Ex-employees felt that the spot did little to remove taboos or reframe periods as anything but a depressing hassle.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
Later consensus deemed it as perfect an assembly of sunny, orchestral pop as anything else from the 1960s.
6.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
These are ghostly, arresting images, as emotional as anything Cronenberg has done.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Unfortunately, to crack such messages, a spy needed only to get a copy of the cipher wheel, and that was as easy to intercept as anything else in the mail.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
They could be sold or repurposed for other uses as anything from recreation or senior centers to legal-service facilities for immigrants.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
Respect is slightly too deferential to Franklin, never allowing Hudson’s Aretha to appear as anything less than a saint.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 May 2024
In many ways, what's been going on in Helmand is as important as anything else in terms of demonstrating whether the coalition has the ability to push them out of an area and keep them out.
—Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2010
Ex-employees felt that the spot did little to remove taboos or reframe periods as anything but a depressing hassle.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
Later consensus deemed it as perfect an assembly of sunny, orchestral pop as anything else from the 1960s.
6.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
These are ghostly, arresting images, as emotional as anything Cronenberg has done.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Unfortunately, to crack such messages, a spy needed only to get a copy of the cipher wheel, and that was as easy to intercept as anything else in the mail.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
They could be sold or repurposed for other uses as anything from recreation or senior centers to legal-service facilities for immigrants.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
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“As anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20anything. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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