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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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“Despite the best medical care, his condition deteriorated,” Austin wrote, noting that Porter “took his last breath, peacefully surrounded by his loved ones.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

"I will hate him till the day I take my last breath," she said, before adding that love for her daughter was stronger.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

"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

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

Today, tomorrow, always, until my last breath, or hers.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin