death rattle

Example Sentences

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"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

As Hakes writes late in the novel, “Hula is written within the swirls of our feet. It’s our umbilical cord, our pulse. Our battle cry, our death rattle, our moment of conception.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

Our basement apartment had orange and yellow walls and a single window-mounted air-conditioner with a permanent death rattle.

From New York Times • May 7, 2021

“This is the death rattle of prohibition,” Strekal said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2017

Then, for no apparent reason, he let out a terrible scream, a death rattle such as I had never heard before and, with open mouth, thrust his head toward the still steaming liquid.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel