How to Use last in a Sentence

last

1 of 3 verb

• There was no way to tell how long the strikes would last.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
• On the first day of the trial, Hitler gave a speech that lasted over three hours.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
• But the best deals won’t last long: Prime Day ends on July 12.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• As the adage goes, boys come and go, but a true friend lasts forever.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
• The curls from this iron lasted a couple of hours, but not all day.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• At the lowest setting, the flashlight should last for 37 hours.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
• The battery can last a week in standby time, but there are no apps.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
• The most important banker in the country is warning that the good times for big banks in the U.S. may not last.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2023
• But the cheers only lasts so long, with conflict erupting among the group.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• The loaf should last for up to a week, but should be consumed within 3-5 days for the best taste and texture.
  — Brittany Leitner, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2023
• But there are some doubts about whether this beat can last into the fourth quarter.
  — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
• The trend lasted a few months, and had fizzled out within a year.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• The stock market is on a tear, and investors face a tricky question: Will the rally last?
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• The thing about catching lightning in a bottle is that the glow lasts only so long.
  — Lizzy Goodman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Just don’t wait too long, because there’s no telling how much longer this deal will last.
  — Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2023
• Hazardous beach conditions will last through the middle of the week.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
• Don’t wait to add these deals to your cart, since sale prices aren’t guaranteed to last through the weekend.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
• Half of funding was for one year or less, with most grants lasting one year.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Young, Gen Z buyers have emerged as a lasting force in the new watch market.
  — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
• Looking for a sturdy pair of hiking boots that are durable enough to last for years to come?
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
• Plus, with an even more durable build, the Series 9 is sure to be an investment that lasts.
  — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2023
• Nubuck leather is made to last, and the two straps with metal buckles are adjustable for the perfect fit.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
• The city of Parkland warned residents that the sound of gunfire could last into the evening and be heard more than a mile from the school.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2023
• Jose isn’t expected to strengthen much and won’t last all that long.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 31 Aug. 2023
• The ground stoppages and delays are not expected to last long.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Movies are made to last, and cinema has the ability to record our present for the future.
  — Valeria Verbaro, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2023
• Looking ahead: The warmth of recent days can’t last forever this time of year.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• It's built to last, and stylish without taking up your entire counter.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• On top of all that, the Benefit lip stain lasts forever.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
• This was in response to two lockdowns that occurred in 2022 that each lasted about three to four hours.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023

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last

2 of 3 adjective

• He was the last one out of the building.
• These are the last two books in the series.
• We are going to the beach for the last week of the summer.
• She said she wouldn't marry him if he was the last man on earth.
• He was tragically killed during the last days of the war.
• I haven't seen her recently. The last time we met was at a party.
• She succeeded on her last attempt.
• Look for her out past the depot, over the tracks and across the bridge, up that last long hill.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
• But the upkeep is simply too much, so the farm went up for sale last month.
  — Mike Wagner, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2023
• The aircraft took to the skies for its first commercial flight last May.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
• The Fever have not made playoffs since 2016, Tamika Catchings' last year in the league.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2023
• The city council did approve a host of new safeguards last year.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2024
• Forty-nine years ago last week, Mark Carlson’s family saw him for the last time.
  — Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• More than 50 restaurants and bars opened in the city last year alone, with a few introducing new concepts to the city.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• Able became more interested in selling the 24 acres to the T last year, and struck a deal with the transit agency in the fall.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• But what had happened was a treaty had been signed to protect this last nine county area for the Muscogee Creek people.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 22 June 2023
• Hot, just like the top prize, so whoever wins this award could offer a real clue as to which show is favored to win the night’s last award.
  — Ben Zauzmer, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
• News of her death was announced by Octavia Spencer on Instagram last year.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
• While at the airport last week to sign up for the flight list, the airport staff told the tourist to go home and wait for a call, which came the following morning while in transit to the airport.
  — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• However, it will not be taken up this session and failed to make the Senate floor last session.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2023
• As a result, a horror film titled Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was released last year.
  — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2024
• However, that score is a 6-point improvement from last year.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• The duo also coordinated their outfits on a date night in New York City last week.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 May 2023
• The film, which premiered last fall at the Venice Film Festival, offered Neeson more than another chance to hold a gun.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
• The bizarreness of how last season played out adds a few degrees of difficulty to predicting what to expect this year.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• At Dulles International Airport to the west, the average last snow is March 4.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
• What was on track to be a two-year project became three, and then five, with the band finally turning in the album last December — and along the way, everything changed.
  — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 22 June 2023
• Yoon made the unorthodox decision to move the presidential office out of its historic home, the Blue House, last year.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• After last week's garage sale, Red gave her the name Kathleen Sutton as a clue to her mother's mysterious past.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 May 2023
• Megan Thee Stallion was slated to perform but dropped out last week due to scheduling conflicts.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2023

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last

3 of 3 adverb

• My horse was last in the race.
• He spoke last at the meeting.
• They last went to the beach in June.
• She was first to arrive at the party and last to leave.
• I last saw him in the supermarket.
• This word was last used in the 17th century.
• The 16-year-old girl is in foster care and was last seen on June 20.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• The union last went on strike against the video game companies in 2016.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
• The victim last attended the school in 2022, Horn added.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• Hard disk drives last about five years, while flash drives last for around 10 years.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
• The couple was last seen holding hands before the ship sank.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 June 2023
• Isaiah was last seen about 10 p.m. Thursday in the area of Woodlock Lane in Weaver.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 18 Aug. 2023
• The department said she was last seen walking her dogs in the Paul Yost Recreation Area of the park.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2023
• The Dodgers had targeted Sunday’s game for the return of Urías, who last pitched on May 18.
  — Aaron Bracy, ajc, 11 June 2023
• She was last seen wearing a red and black Chicago Bulls hat, a light-colored tank top and shorts.
  — USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• And there were the phone calls, including one made from Barthelemy’s cellphone on the day she was last seen alive.
  — Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
• She was last seen on the trail around 6 p.m. and her vehicle was found near the trail, according to the the sheriff’s office.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• They were told the suspects were two males last seen running east through the crowd on Pershing.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• For added context, all of this is happening with the Sharks about to finish last in the NHL standings.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
• She was last seen driving off with a group of young men, including van der Sloot, then 17.
  — Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 29 May 2023
• Gerrish set a cage trap in the area near where Nikki was last seen, using raw chicken as bait.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
• Police are searching for the gunman, who was last seen heading west on H Street.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
• Nicky Ng said the family last heard from her sister Oct. 14, which was the birthday of their brother, Richard.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• The marked corrections patrol vehicle that the two were last seen in was found that day in a parking lot in town.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• The department responded to the call at 3:32 p.m. of a missing person who was last seen walking on a pier at the end of Molokai Lane in Fairhope.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 15 July 2023
• The Hornets rank last in the league defensively, yielding 120.7 points per game.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024
• The girl was last seen wearing black pants, a black hoodie with white lettering and black high-top tennis shoes.
  — Rosa Flores, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
• Loar was last seen in Bellflower wearing clothes similar to those found near John Doe, deputies said.
  — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024
• The 2-year-old German shepherd was last seen Saturday on an upper balcony of the White House.
  — Darlene Superville, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• The Diamondbacks last held the Commissioner’s Trophy in 2001, the only time the team has done so.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024