famous last words
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Thirty-odd millennia into the future, those are still famous last words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
He already boasted a long rap sheet of “unfortunate remarks,” all readily captured and spread via video, Twitter, TikTok and wherever else famous last words get immortalized these days.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2020
It may also be a missive to their fans and closes with what will become Townshend’s most famous last words since his “I saw ya!” at the end of “Magic Bus.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2019
The quotation is from Pound’s “Blandula, Tenula, Vagula,” a poem inspired by the famous last words of Emperor Hadrian.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
I have even remembered some electrifying famous last words which I have been saving up to finish with.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
