How to Use last word in a Sentence

last word

noun
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  • And the sisters get the last word in the video, as well.
    — Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The last word on the project was that the park would open in the early 2020s.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 Apr. 2018
  • What counts is the health of these kids, so that’s your last word.
    — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The missteps of Mueller, though, are not the last word on the matter.
    — Murray Waas, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The worst may be passed, but this virus hasn’t had its last word.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Those would be the last words the outside world heard from Capt.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The last word, though, came from the mouth of a kindergartener.
    — AZCentral.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • In any case, in Curtis’ piece, Hill gets the last word.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Dawn is not the last word on our past, present and future.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Lil Wayne walked off the stage to end the tribute, leaving Bryant to have the last word.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 June 2020
  • But before they're gone, one last word from the rest of us. Thanks.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 12 Aug. 2022
  • One last word, and it’s about the children: By all means, take your kids.
    — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
  • This story will grip you — and frustrate you — to the last word.
    — Longreads, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Jane gets the last word, or maybe Donna did right there.
    — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2021
  • But before the jury was charged, Lizzie did have the last word.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Resist the urge to have the last word; let your team members score, too.
    — Anne Sugar, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • Like many last words about the lot, Hansen’s could be called famous.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
  • For a moment, the last words of Amazing Grace didn't come.
    — Joe Robertson and Ian Cummings, kansascity, 17 June 2018
  • But don’t think the Salt Lake County Council has the last word.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Farzaneh Akhavi was determined to get the last word in court.
    — azcentral, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The director of the CDC made clear these guidelines will not be the last word.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But last words don’t count for much in portraits like this.
    — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 27 June 2019
  • That’s because a death sentence is far from the last word.
    — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2021
  • But now Morell, with the support of the Kennedy School’s chief bureaucrat, has the last word.
    — John B. Judis, New Republic, 15 Sep. 2017
  • This time, what got me was an embrace of the idea that Henry did not get the last word.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2021
  • These books are a launching pad for debate, not the last word.
    — George Packer, New York Times, 14 June 2021
  • None of these decisions will be the last word on the matter.
    — Rashmee Roshan Lall, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2019
  • There’s little chance that will be the last word in the discussion.
    — al, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Here's what to know about Burton's execution, his last words, the case and the victim.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Crump said Mitchell's last words out loud while speaking at the father of two's funeral.
    — David Clarey, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024

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