last breath
Example Sentences
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By the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
“With you to the last breath and beyond,” the bot told him in another chat Soelberg posted less than two weeks before he died.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
"He took my hand and said, as if it was his last breath: 'Your highness, I ask you just one thing: keep the country united,'" Juan Carlos recalls.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
“You know, I want to be there for all that. So I’m going to fight to the last breath on this one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
I spoke slowly, saying the words I had practiced in my head since Miss Mary Finch took her last breath, the words that would change everything.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
