come last

idiom

: to be at the end
The best part of the book comes last.

Examples of come last in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The western segment of SR 30, connecting SR 85 to Loop 303, would come last because traffic patterns show higher demand for the other segments, Koester Thomas said. Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023 The western segment of SR 30, connecting SR 85 to Loop 303, would come last because traffic patterns show higher demand for the other segments, Koester Thomas said. Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023 The final straw for Gonzales appeared to come last month when The Times published surveillance video of officers violently restraining a 17-year-old inside Camp Kilpatrick. James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023 But the best overall performance might have come last Sunday. BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021 The peak of Trump Book Summer, the moment of maximum media intensity, may have come last Wednesday, when reporters scrambled to match a story about a story contained in one of those books. Washington Post, 17 July 2021 Extremists themselves are diminished by their own restrictive world views, but that result seems to come last, in bitter isolation, after everyone else has suffered. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 May 2022 However, the true turning point in Kuminga’s rookie season might have come last week. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2022 While in most operas, the costumes come last, or are independent from the action and music, Yip's designs are fully integrated into the work, and even define the choreography. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Mar. 2023 See More

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“Come last.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20last. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.

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