dying breath
Example Sentences
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Whether the barely rising and falling ribcage represents restorative sleep or a dying breath is hard to say.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024
“Maybe the Premier League is a step too far. Who knows? Maybe, maybe — but I will still be on that hill, wounded, my dying breath saying, ‘I believe, I do believe.’”
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
“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
All I can do is look after my children and look after my animals, and I will do both, to my dying breath.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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