last gasp
Example Sentences
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However, a pass interference penalty advanced the ball to the Marquez 39 and gave the Rams one last gasp with zeros on the clock.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025
All these years later, Carrie waits for the show’s last gasp to wrestle with the question that has defined modern dating for millions of single people.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025
Some here fear it's on its last gasp.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
It was the last gasp of a time when the divide between consumer and star was not only hyper-delineated but also rarely crossed.
From Slate • Nov. 30, 2024
By 1860, the practice of bleeding a patient is the last gasp of a treatment that goes back to the "bodily humors" theory of the ancient Greeks.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
