death rattle

Example Sentences

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"This is the death rattle of a movement that just cannot adapt to a changing world and to a community that is saying, 'We're not hiding in the shadows anymore.'"

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023

As Hakes writes late in the novel, “Hula is written within the swirls of our feet. It’s our umbilical cord, our pulse. Our battle cry, our death rattle, our moment of conception.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

“I think we will still see some shock and horror this year, which some say will be the death rattle of this outfit,” said a former western intelligence official.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2018

“This is the death rattle of prohibition,” Strekal said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2017

But there was a mouth...a gaping, shapeless hole, sucking the air with the sound of a death rattle.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling