last-ditch

How To Use last-ditch In A Sentence

• The negotiators made a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement.
• Everybody is athletic enough to make that last-ditch tackle or cover that gap when someone is a bit tired.
• Specialist rescue units were called in a last-ditch effort to save him. The Sun
• LightSquared Inc. may seek to exchange its wireless airwave licenses for similar ones operated by the U.S. Department of Defense in a last-ditch effort to revive its mobile broadband service, according to people familiar with the company's plans. Falcone's Plan B: Swapping Airwaves
• This change of course is a last-ditch bid to wrest that influence back. Times, Sunday Times
• He is thought to be considering a last-ditch diplomatic effort to curb construction before January. Times, Sunday Times
• Many likened the incident to the "Day of Camels" clashes in Tahrir Square on Feb. 2, when allegedly paid "baltagiya," or thugs—some of whom rode horses and camels—marauded through an antiregime rally in a last-ditch effort to violently break up demonstrations without using official force. Cairo Clashes Show Backlash
• Obama, his own self, can be found careening around the country like an over-caffeinated Chihuahua engaged in a last-ditch effort to sell the bill to what you might call his hesitant posse. Columbiatribune.com stories
• Arbitrators have been called in as a last-ditch attempt to avert strike action by hundreds of Yorkshire miners.
• My husband invited me to a marriage ministry at our church as a last-ditch effort to reconcile our relationship. Christianity Today