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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"If my family don't force me to get married, I will wait. I will resist it until my very last breath."

From BBC • May 24, 2026

"Simple tasks have become incredibly difficult," Schilling wrote about her condition now, adding: "I honestly don't know how long I have left, but I do know I will fight to my last breath."

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

A federal judge threw out that argument in 2014; in 2023 the estate’s claim breathed its last breath, and Holmes and Watson indisputably belonged to the public.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

“With you to the last breath and beyond,” the bot told him in another chat Soelberg posted less than two weeks before he died.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Once I pull it together—and I cannot bear to look at Rae right now—I take one last breath to say my final piece.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone