last thing

adverb

1. as the final action, esp before retiring to bed at night

Example Sentences

I have two kids and the last thing we want is to see our kids being attacked in their own homes.

From The Daily Beast

“The last thing I remember him saying was he did a good job,” Leal told People.

From The Daily Beast

“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.

From The Daily Beast

The last thing Beijing wants is America active in the North, just on the Chinese border.

From The Daily Beast

“Aye,” his father said—the last thing he would ever say to him.

From The Daily Beast

The last thing—against the skyline—a little column of French soldiers of the line charging back upwards towards the lost redoubt.

From Project Gutenberg

I'm staying here because if it's the last thing I do, I'm going to convince you that I'm not a killer.

From Project Gutenberg

He has slipped out of the troopers' hands and beyond our reproaches--but I think the last thing he did will count for a little.

From Project Gutenberg

He said, Stay with your father and be a good girl, laughed Sue, the last thing I would think of doing.

From Project Gutenberg

But it is to be clearly understood that I promise nothing, and may throw in your face the very last thing you expect—or I expect.

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