last legs

Example Sentences

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Twenty years later, with magazines on their last legs, Anna, er, Miranda, is already diminished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

"It was absolutely on his last legs, I don't think it would have kept going much longer so I can't believe how well it's worked out for me to win this money."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

In their telling, the country was on its last legs, barely functioning.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

The craze drove AMC’s shares up exponentially at a time when it looked like the Leawood, Kan.-based company might have been on its last legs, something many Wall Street professionals were betting on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

After World War II, most of the world’s financial systems were on their last legs.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield