last gasp
Example Sentences
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That proved to be the last gasp for the American attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
However, a pass interference penalty advanced the ball to the Marquez 39 and gave the Rams one last gasp with zeros on the clock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
At the tail-end of the technooptimist spike brought by President Barack Obama, this was the last gasp of Web 2.0.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
Some here fear it's on its last gasp.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025
By 1860, the practice of bleeding a patient is the last gasp of a treatment that goes back to the "bodily humors" theory of the ancient Greeks.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
