last word

Example Sentences

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In Greek tragedy, the gods have the last word, but here the question becomes whether individuals’ rights should take precedence over a ruler’s edict.

From The Wall Street Journal

She holds her arms up and out, singing that last word, “free,” as if she’s an opera singer.

From Literature

In the opera, it so happens, the ghosts of Akhnaten, his wife and mother, have the last word in a glorious trio.

From Los Angeles Times

Claude, which wholeheartedly entered into the spirit of the exercise, and is developing a sense of humor, gets the last word.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the demand grew for a portrait by Gainsborough, he himself became fashionable and was taken up by King George III. Even so, the name “Van Dyck” was among the artist’s last words.

From The Wall Street Journal