Definitions

last gasp

NOUN

last breath

Synonyms

WEAK

death rattle death song death throes dying breath final twitch final words last hurrah last legs last words swan song

ADJECTIVE

last-ditch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

do-or-die frantic last-gasp

WEAK

desperate eleventh-hour final last-chance last-minute last-resort

Example Sentences

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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

“I think it’s the last gasp of the curse of the Bambino,” Flemming joked.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

"We are seeing the last gasp of a humanitarian system built on humanitarian principles," António Guterres told the UN Security Council.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

It was the last gasp of a time when the divide between consumer and star was not only hyper-delineated but also rarely crossed.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2024

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

last gasp

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