death rattle
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"Florence started to make some really harsh grunting sounds, it sounded like a death rattle coming from her chest up into her mouth," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
“It’s hard not to see this as, like, the final death rattle of an era.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
"This is the death rattle of a movement that just cannot adapt to a changing world and to a community that is saying, 'We're not hiding in the shadows anymore.'"
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
DVRs have since become commonplace, and the death rattle has only grown louder as the traditional television market has been disrupted several times over by the internet, streaming services and cord-cutters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2019
Boseman let out a mortifying gasp as they departed, which Cora took as his death rattle.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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