dying breath
Example Sentences
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“This was the love of my life,” she said, “and I had promised him that I would make sure, until my dying breath, that I was going to do what I could to pursue justice.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022
A museum claims to own Thomas Edison's dying breath.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2022
“I’ll defend my state to the dying breath, and I will always do that and they know that.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2022
“To her dying breath, she was cursing me.”
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021
He sounded like an old man, maybe someone speaking with his dying breath.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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