dying breath
Example Sentences
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Your only wish was to be at home surrounded by your family when you took your dying breath.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
“Maybe the Premier League is a step too far. Who knows? Maybe, maybe — but I will still be on that hill, wounded, my dying breath saying, ‘I believe, I do believe.’”
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
“This was the love of my life,” she said, “and I had promised him that I would make sure, until my dying breath, that I was going to do what I could to pursue justice.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022
The Damned vowed “I’m gonna scream and shout til my dying breath / I’m gonna smash it up til there’s nothing left” but settled instead for singing “Smash It Up” onstage into their 60s.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022
All I can do is look after my children and look after my animals, and I will do both, to my dying breath.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
