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Synonyms for last gasp


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : gasp, gahsp
Phonetic Transcription : gæsp, gɑsp

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Définition of last gasp

Origin :
  • late 14c., gaspen, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse geispa "to yawn," or its Danish derivative gispe "gasp," which probably are related to Old Norse gapa (see gape). Related: Gasped; gasping.
  • As in last-ditch : adj last-minute
  • As in last breath : noun dying moment
Example sentences :
  • It is necessary that they should have a hairdresser even to the last gasp!
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • He had sunk down on the snow in the circle of his blood and was plainly in the last gasp.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • I felt that, as it had now come to the last gasp, it was mine to comfort her.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Why that rascal huddled up at the back there as if he was just at his last gasp.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • "That I can fully answer," said he, now almost at his last gasp.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • I hurried her off, telling her the child might be just at the last gasp, and we must hasten.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 » by Various
  • Already the wise ones are hearing the death rattle and last gasp.
  • Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
  • Our mercantile marine is at the last gasp (warlike digression).
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • No, I felt that I could not do that, but that I would sooner fight for it to the last gasp.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Magnet » by George Manville Fenn
  • But, just at her last gasp, the girl saw a light, and heard the tinkling of a hammer.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
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