How to Use last word in a Sentence

last word

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• O'Neal added Damian Lillard to that list, but Barkley still got the last word.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2021
• Getting the last word, laugh or in-your-face gesture is not worth it.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2022
• Any last words on being the banana queen? Eat your bananas.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 June 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

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024