Examples of 'last gasp' in a sentence
Meaning of "last gasp"
last gasp - This phrase is used to describe a final and desperate attempt or effort made to achieve something, especially in a difficult or dire situation. It suggests that one is using their last remaining energy, resources, or opportunities to accomplish a particular goal or outcome
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- The last gasp or breath a person takes before death.
- The point of death, or the last period of one's life.
- A last-gasp moment, attempt, etc.
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last gasp
Obviously the last gasp of a dying dictatorship.
She sounded absolutely at her last gasp.
Call it the last gasp of a dying civilization.
Of course this may be the last gasp.
One last gasp of freedom before engagement.
This period was the last gasp of feudalism.
Last gasp before eternal fire and brimstone.
Using a turkey baster as a last gasp at motherhood.
The last gasp of the establishment.
Let us hope that is the last gasp.
With a last gasp the man died.
I fear that was the last gasp.
The last gasp is yet to come.
These housewives are the last gasp of the patriarchy.
One last gasp and you will make it.
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Perhaps their last gasp of life.
A last gasp of fresh air before the meltdown.
Looks like his last gasp to me.
In order to try to finish us off at their last gasp.
Last gasp of a desperate man.
This offensive was your last gasp.
Struggling for their last gasp of poison brown air.
We will continue to the last gasp.
Last gasp of colonial betrayal.
You have wasted your last gasp of youth.
Last gasp of a dying marriage.
This year was the last gasp.
One last gasp of breath.
I took some shortly before its last gasp.
I smell like the last gasp before my own death.
Others are determined to defend their undiluted national sovereignity to the last gasp.
Seemed to be in the last gasp from ex.
A last gasp of hope.
Sort of my last gasp here.
I will speak to him as soon as this sea cow takes her last gasp.
This may record the last gasp of the party organization.
That pride which holds dogs in the toil until the last gasp.
There would be one last gasp of democracy by those of us who protest.
A suitcase that mocks your one last gasp of coupledom.
It was a last gasp attempt to get their career back on track.
Also known as last gasp.
This appears to be a last gasp change in military policy and procedure.
That was their last gasp.
I have heard the last gasp of each thing that ever lived.
And the arrival of the supply ship marks the last gasp of summer here.
This is its last gasp to save itself from its internal enemies.
It appears there will be one last gasp to this storm.
A last gasp chance for the Bulls.
The protestors you saw were the last gasp of a dying mentality.
The last gasp of innocence in America.
