Examples of last-gasp in a Sentence
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The Seahawks survived a last-gasp effort from the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC conference title game.
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Tricia Escobedo, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
And in a final last-gasp drive with less than two minutes to play, Nix looked to Bryant for a short gain on a 2nd-and-10.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
Hurts was incomplete on a last-gasp fourth-and-11 attempt with 43 seconds left that ended their final drive.
—Dan Gelston, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2026
And while Democrats attempted a last-gasp vote in December to reform and extend health care subsidies, the health care debate was yet again punted into the next year.
—Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Forget last-gasp 30-yard thunderbolts nestling in the top corner.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, after the Dolphins lost to the New York Jets and were eliminated from their last-gasp hope of making the playoffs, had a locker-room outburst pleading for a way out from the team.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
The court found that even Bondi’s last-gasp effort to retroactively review and approve the indictments was insufficient.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
And the host side nearly paid for it as Lindenwood had one last-gasp effort to equalize.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Nov. 2025
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Tricia Escobedo, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
And in a final last-gasp drive with less than two minutes to play, Nix looked to Bryant for a short gain on a 2nd-and-10.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
Hurts was incomplete on a last-gasp fourth-and-11 attempt with 43 seconds left that ended their final drive.
—Dan Gelston, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2026
And while Democrats attempted a last-gasp vote in December to reform and extend health care subsidies, the health care debate was yet again punted into the next year.
—Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
Forget last-gasp 30-yard thunderbolts nestling in the top corner.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, after the Dolphins lost to the New York Jets and were eliminated from their last-gasp hope of making the playoffs, had a locker-room outburst pleading for a way out from the team.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
The court found that even Bondi’s last-gasp effort to retroactively review and approve the indictments was insufficient.
—Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
And the host side nearly paid for it as Lindenwood had one last-gasp effort to equalize.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Last-gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last-gasp. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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