last word
Example Sentences
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It’s as if, sensing the end, he couldn’t bear to leave anything left unsaid, and so he felt the need to offer a last word on every one of his career-spanning concerns.
“I’m getting way too old for this …” The sound guy’s last word was carried away by the wind.
From Literature
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A handwritten sign quoted Good’s last words: “I’m not mad at you, dude.”
From Los Angeles Times
But France had the last word, deservedly, as more brilliance and enterprise sent Attissogbe away in the corner.
From Barron's
The last words of Good, to one of those federal agents: “I’m not mad at you.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.