last/dying breath
noun
: the last breath taken before one dies
He blessed her with his last/dying breath.
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Listen to this article Tiara Parker once clung to her cousin, who took her last breath in Pulse nightclub’s bathroom stall.
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Lauren Brensel, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
The penultimate episode of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans sees Babe Paley, the New York high-society socialite played by Naomi Watts, succumb to cancer and take her dying breath on her bed, estranged from friend Truman Capote (Tom Hollander).
—Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
Nemesis uses her last breath to take the baddie out, saving the kid.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article With his dying breath, Manhattan stabbing victim Alejandro Santos told a neighbor that longtime girlfriend Michelle Hernandez was responsible for his brutal slaying, prosecutors said Tuesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
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Lauren Brensel, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
The penultimate episode of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans sees Babe Paley, the New York high-society socialite played by Naomi Watts, succumb to cancer and take her dying breath on her bed, estranged from friend Truman Capote (Tom Hollander).
—Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
Nemesis uses her last breath to take the baddie out, saving the kid.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article With his dying breath, Manhattan stabbing victim Alejandro Santos told a neighbor that longtime girlfriend Michelle Hernandez was responsible for his brutal slaying, prosecutors said Tuesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
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“Last/dying breath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%2Fdying%20breath. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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