dying words
Example Sentences
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Then, prosecutors could rely on autopsy evidence, or even a woman’s dying words.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
The talkative nymph Echo was cursed by the goddess Hera to only repeat the dying words of others.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
"My grandmother’s dying words were literally, ‘Marry Korean!'"
From Reuters • Jun. 13, 2023
She adroitly juggled Alicent’s mercurial emotions and was convincing even when the show had her doing silly things, like attacking Rhaenyra with a dagger or misunderstanding Viserys’s dying words.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022
With his dying words he charged me to clear his wounded name.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
