How to Use penultimate in a Sentence

penultimate

adjective

• This is quite the bomb to drop in the penultimate episode of the season.
  — Abby Govindan, Vulture, 23 July 2021
• 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
• But the penultimate match in this feud is one that should be still to come.
  — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
• 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
• On record, only four hurricanes have hit the U.S. in the penultimate month of the year.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Berg died in 2016, the penultimate survivor of the Lincoln Brigade.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
• Omaha Beach cruised to the lead on the turn and won in hand by 2¾ lengths in the penultimate start of his career.
  — Larry Stumes, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2019
• 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
• That would leave 2025 as the penultimate edition in Utah.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
• Turkette’s turn on Triple G is the penultimate episode of the show’s 24th season.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2020
• The penultimate round is known as the Final Four, when only four teams are left.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2024
• The iPhone technology in the penultimate episode would suggest the show is set in the 2020s.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
• 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 penultimate scene is Tiago in the graveyard, and Magda for the first time touches and speaks to him.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 June 2020
• There was quite a sinister tone to Rachel's last scene in the penultimate episode.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• 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
• In season 2's penultimate episode, Burt drives Irving to a train station, buys him a ticket, and tells him to never return.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
• And with Duke entering the penultimate weekend of the season, anything that might give the Blue Devils any advantage is more than worth trying.
  — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025