Citations:last-gasp

Adjective quotations


 * 1851 — The Candles, Moby-Dick
 * I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.


 * 1955 — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
 * ... the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp.