last legs

Example Sentences

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Even if your greek yogurt is on its last legs, I have found what seems like infinite uses for the tart, creamy product: breakfast, sauces, something vaguely adjacent to dessert.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

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

Already, the hotel was on its last legs.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2025

Strange, because it was obvious even to the most unobservant person that our friendship had been on its last legs for a long time.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon