Last Things
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Last Things
First recorded in 1470–80
Example Sentences
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Jenny Offill is the author of Last Things and Dept. of Speculation.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2018
In the end, Last Things is less an ode to mortality than a lip reading through the obituary column.
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Of all Shaw's plays it depends the least on his wise dramatic energy and the most on what he thinks of First and Last Things.
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To be sure, Last Things is technically about death.
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And Archbishop Benson used to tell of a working man who was seen looking at a placard announcing a series of addresses on 'The Four Last Things.'
From Mushrooms on the Moor by Boreham, Frank
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