How to Use every last in a Sentence

every last

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  • With a tasty result like this, every last bite will be gone by the end of the night.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
  • Young Celie and young Nettie and Shug and every last one of them .
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The sandwich and the fries fill you up fast, so savor every last bite.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
  • That didn’t deter our testers, who scraped every last morsel off the plate.
    Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • This two-step routine makes sure every last bit of grime is gone.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Trying to squeeze every last drop of life out of your smartphone?
    Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • With the high stakes, his backers are pulling out the stops to mobilize every last vote.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • The train goes over the cliff, taking every last passenger with it.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • The secret weapon is the unique brush, which fans out with ten layers of bristles and is curved to coat every last lash.
    Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This two-in-one citrus press gets every last drop of juice out from lemons, limes and even small oranges.
    Liz Kadar, Redbook, 6 July 2023
  • Republic has lied, stalled, and broken the law to try to squeeze every last dime out of workers.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
  • The pork chop bones are excavated for every last morsel of meat.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • Viewed through the prism of wringing out the most of every last great Steph Curry season, this year was squandered.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In fact, some foragers went to great lengths to get it, boiling bones for hours just to extract every last drop of bone grease.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
  • The taps in the Gaza Strip are running dry, and residents are scrambling to save every last drop of water.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a competition every last Wednesday of the month, and that night, the theme was Lady Gaga.
    Vulture, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In the lead-up to Wicked, the singer embraced method dressing to the fullest possible extent, scouring the earth for every last pink dress.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Lay them horizontally to cover every last inch of space, from the backsplash to the range hood, to help the space feel wider.
    Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 30 June 2023
  • Long-time admirers of the sport will come for the action and will likely fill out every last seat in the stadium.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • But now every last one will be rounded up and forcibly removed from our country.
    CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But now, every last one will be rounded up and forcibly removed from our country.
    NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
  • That's rare at a time when Intel has been pushing its chips to the edge to squeeze every last bit of performance out of high-end Core i9 and Core i7 chips.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
  • All the while, Brody’s gaze and posture hold intensely on to every last drop of hope in his character’s body.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But none of this guarantees that the county will reach every last person.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
  • Here’s how to use every last bit of your Thanksgiving leftovers.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
  • This one begins with a gel-oil texture and then dissolves into a cleanser that takes off every last bit of gunk on your face.
    Brittany Leitner, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
  • On one hand, a fierce title challenge can force teams to squeeze every last drop out of their potential.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • While the Mint Melt stans rationed every last drop, E.l.f. finally answered our prayers and brought it back.
    Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Next, drain the sink or tub and wash out every last bit of detergent, dirt, and grime until the water leaving the pillow runs clear.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
  • For juicing, let lemons come to room temperature — or better yet, microwave them for 10 to 15 seconds to coax out every last drop.
    Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025

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