Synonyms for last gasp
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : gasp, gahsp |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæsp, gɑsp |
Top 10 synonyms for last gasp
Définition of last gasp
Origin :- late 14c., gaspen, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse geispa "to yawn," or its Danish derivative gispe "gasp," which probably are related to Old Norse gapa (see gape). Related: Gasped; gasping.
- As in last-ditch : adj last-minute
- As in last breath : noun dying moment
- It is necessary that they should have a hairdresser even to the last gasp!
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- He had sunk down on the snow in the circle of his blood and was plainly in the last gasp.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- I felt that, as it had now come to the last gasp, it was mine to comfort her.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Why that rascal huddled up at the back there as if he was just at his last gasp.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- "That I can fully answer," said he, now almost at his last gasp.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
- I hurried her off, telling her the child might be just at the last gasp, and we must hasten.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 » by Various
- Already the wise ones are hearing the death rattle and last gasp.
- Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
- Our mercantile marine is at the last gasp (warlike digression).
- Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
- No, I felt that I could not do that, but that I would sooner fight for it to the last gasp.
- Extract from : « The Golden Magnet » by George Manville Fenn
- But, just at her last gasp, the girl saw a light, and heard the tinkling of a hammer.
- Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
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