How to Use penultimate in a Sentence

penultimate

adjective
  • The timepiece, which would turn out to be the penultimate Ref.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2022
  • The seventh episode was supposed to be not the penultimate episode, but the third to last.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2022
  • April 2—The penultimate games have a tip-off start time of 6 p.m. ET .
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The news comes the same day that the penultimate episode of season two was released.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Rae broke up with Zay in the penultimate episode... and met up with Jake to tell him.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Her horse Just Fine has been entered in the penultimate race of the day.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
  • The penultimate year in the Pac-12 was not a profitable one for the Four Corners schools.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • This year, the namesake hub of the Bordeaux wine region swooped in to nab the penultimate spot on the list.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • But the penultimate episode suggests that things could take a turn.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • The picks: Skubal toes the rubber in the Sunday game and stops a sweep in Charm City in his penultimate start.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Hull broke her nose in the penultimate game before the All-Star break on July 9 against the Wings.
    Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2023
  • In the penultimate episode, Nate pulled a gun on Maddy.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Berg died in 2016, the penultimate survivor of the Lincoln Brigade.
    Dan Kaufman, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The moment of their joint demise was my penultimate shot.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
  • As the group ran around the penultimate turn, several moves were made.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The penultimate round is known as the Final Four, when only four teams are left.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2024
  • While that beef seems to be on pause for the moment, fans rushed the area to catch the penultimate song in their set list that launched a bevy of diss tracks.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The seventh and penultimate test is long form cardio, taking the form of a 1-mile run.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 30 Apr. 2022
  • After dinner and awards but before the concert, the penultimate event of the gala evening is the auction.
    Nicholas Foulkes, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The penultimate look, with its sheer skirt and trailing purple coat, is one of my favorites of the night.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Welcome back to Auburn Arena for the penultimate home game of the season.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Sunday night’s episode of The Walking Dead—the penultimate episode of this first third of Season 11—was quite good.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The penultimate episode of The Boys season four could be seen as a coming out for some of the key characters.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2024
  • The penultimate episode of season 20 of Grey's Anatomy was a night full of hard truths coming to the surface.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • Miguel Angel Jimenez pulled his penultimate drive of the day into the water and still saved par.
    John Marshall, ajc, 27 Feb. 2022
  • The home game against Wilson and the Broncos represents the penultimate game of the season.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • David Ojabo wrestled him to the ground for an 8-yard loss on the Huskies’ penultimate offensive play.
    Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Davis gave the penultimate speech of the night, which was full of hope for a brighter future for Black actors in Hollywood.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The penultimate episode of Pachinko Season 2 surely yanked at the heartstrings of any parent who has ever sent a first child off to college.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
  • One main cast member who likely will not return to the show is Anna Sawai, whose character Mariko died in Shōgun’s penultimate episode.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024

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