last words
Noun
Meaning
last words
plural of last word
last words pl (plural only)
The final remarks uttered by a person before death.
The alleged last words would have been "More beating" had one of the assailants failed to notice the victim's true intent.
Synonyms
Examples
These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!'
During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice.
This is what is meant by last words: they are keys to unlock the afterlife. They're not last words but passwords, and as soon as they're spoken you can go.
Thomas Edison's last words were, "It's very beautiful over there." I don't know where there is, but I know it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.