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last breath

NOUN

dying moment

Synonyms

WEAK

death rattle death song death throes dying breath final twitch final words last gasp last hurrah last legs last words swan song

Example Sentences

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"People have come back to tell me that he had the gentlest soul, he's hard-working - and he was very hard-working right until his last breath."

From BBC • Jan. 12, 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

Stellato told the station that he had learned from one of Braman’s closest friends that the former Long Beach City College player “took his last breath while surrounded by friends and family.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

At any moment Etienne could be making his way toward her, fighting with his last breath to reach her.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr