the last word

Example Sentences

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“For me it is enough to have the first and the last word, the middle we can discuss,” he said.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2020

But even up to the last word the writer has choices and can throw in a curveball.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018

Jefferson had the last word; the policy remained in effect until he left office, in 1809.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 9, 2017

In declining to give Nixon the benefit of the doubt, in refusing to yield him the last word, the press has become—as its critics contend—more than an observer and expositor.

From Time Magazine Archive

She particularly liked the sound of the last word, the way the “r” ’s rolled in her mouth, the explosion of “p” ’s.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García