Historians still debate whether his famous last words were meant seriously or as a final joke.

We were so close to finishing the renovation, but we didn't want to fall at the last hurdle, so we double-checked every contractor invoice.

In federal systems, courts of last resort often set binding precedents that shape national law for decades.

The board's decision to cut funding was the last nail in the coffin for the struggling research program.

Many undergraduate students feel intimidated when they first encounter Fermat's Last Theorem in a number theory course.

Knowing they were outnumbered, the soldiers vowed to die in the last ditch rather than surrender.

She handed me the second from last slice of cake, and I felt guilty accepting it.

She nervously checked the second-from-last envelope before mailing the package.

She described the sudden calm in the office as too good to last, fearing that the next email would bring chaos.

The judge rejected the appeal, explaining that, under the last antecedent rule, the limiting phrase only modified the final item in the statute.