How to Use swan song in a Sentence

swan song

noun
  • The 2024 season is set to be the A's swan song in Oakland.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The motif was big and heavy, and this might be his swan song.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The first look at Daniel Craig‘s swan song has arrived.
    Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Here’s how to tune in to witness the spacecraft’s swan song.
    National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The best in the world, headed toward what was meant to be his Olympic swan song.
    SELF, 11 June 2024
  • As far as swan songs go, Tom Hickman’s is right up there with the best of them.
    Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2018
  • Take a look at who was in the stands for Serena’s swan song.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But Grace and Frankie’s swan song isn’t the only thing on Kauffman’s mind right now.
    Samantha Leach, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Raf Simons’s swan song at Christian Dior was an all out homage to the 1975 film.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 25 May 2018
  • Even as the oldest player in the league, Brady had one his best seasons in his swan song.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Send any news, comments, Tamagotchi tips, and swan songs to talk@qz.com.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 June 2024
  • We are blessed to have this swan song that still carries his voice forward!
    Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The swan song for American Idol was supposed to be two years ago.
    Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Dreems, the final output of Cassius as a duo, now serves as Zdar’s swan song.
    John Ochoa, Billboard, 24 June 2019
  • What turned out to be Robertson’s swan song was one of the most impressive scores of the year and the best film score of his career.
    Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Welser-Most brought out the full quotient of Mahler's angst in his symphonic swan song.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • That’s because Stove could see his biggest role to date in what could be his swan song at Auburn.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 31 Dec. 2020
  • And that says a lot for this, the swan song edition of the second generation NSX.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The 2018 model year may be a short one for the current Altima as well as its swan song.
    Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Serkis' complex, detailed swan song as Caesar might be a good place to start.
    Michael Ordona, latimes.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • But how will the various loose ends be tied over the course of the series' staggering 90-minute swan song?
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • So even though the election returns aren’t in yet, this garden party is a swan song.
    Rachel Becker, The Verge, 7 June 2018
  • What might have been his swan song season — the final year of a 7-year, $130 million dollar deal — has been more of a slog.
    Sam Blum, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Audiences are rocking out to Guardians of the Galaxy's swan song.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 May 2023
  • Most fans seem to be in agreement that this season of Younger is not the triumphant, bubbly swan song the show deserves.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 May 2021
  • The Italian marque first unveiled the Revolución back in June 2013 as a swan song of sorts for the Zonda.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 May 2021
  • The long reign of the Byzantines, Tolkien’s letters, Fitzgerald’s swan song, deadly gardens and more.
    Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The true tragedy is that Ryan's swan song will be the nightmarish $1.3 trillion almond in this spending bill.
    Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Yarmuth is helping to steer the Biden social safety net expansion through the House- which may be his swan song.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 12 Oct. 2021
  • His swan song, in the 1973 World Series, is not remembered fondly.
    Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024

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