last breath
Example Sentences
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"I wouldn't have understood why someone would want to go to the place where the person took their last breath, until I was in this position," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Military expert Hassan Jouni said that for Hezbollah "this is an existential battle... so it will fight until the last breath".
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
In his best-known poem, “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” Dylan Thomas passionately urges his father to fight against death to the last breath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
A federal judge threw out that argument in 2014; in 2023 the estate’s claim breathed its last breath, and Holmes and Watson indisputably belonged to the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
Some had inhaled dirt, perhaps while taking their last breath.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
