Sentence examples for to the last gasp from inspiring English sources

When movies got to the last gasp of their financial lifespan, they did a 3D version to get the last few drops of blood out of the turnip".

Indeed, for sharp young critics such as Jean Cocteau, Debussy was nothing but an ageing Romantic whose murmurings about nightingales and moonlight seemed to belong to the last gasp of the 19th century.

Mr Dimbleby's questioning was forceful, and faced with appalling quotes from his back catalogue, the BNP leader repeatedly resorted to the last gasp defence that his words had been twisted.

However, far too many homeowners blast the AC from the first hint of spring to the last gasp of autumn.

Even Georges's resources are of no avail, and that is why he is forced to consider, at the last gasp, what love requires him to do.

If you want to see Hollywood at the last gasp of its otherworldliness, before the old glory gave way, consult the photograph of Kelly and her fellow-presenter, Audrey Hepburn, backstage at the Academy Awards in 1956.

"We give them a chance to turn things around at the last gasp.

And I'm not actually at the last gasp.

There are at least two larger national lessons to be learned from what is likely to be the last gasp of Allen-McCain-Palin politics in 2008.

His win proved to be the last gasp of the golden age of Australian tennis.

I was trying to watch the last gasp of Newt Gingrich on C-Span Monday night.