swan song

NOUN
  1. a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)
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How To Use swan song In A Sentence

  • This must be his swan song, the last hurrah. Times, Sunday Times
  • That said, lines can still be traced between the glory days and the swan songs. Times, Sunday Times
  • When these images clash — as in The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, the jackboot is thrown into the melting pot — it can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking. The Volokh Conspiracy » Massive Problems with Anti-Obama Allegations That Have Been Making the Rounds Recently
  • Fresh from his television fame in Happy Days, he co-starred with John Wayne in the latter's valedictory swan song The Shootist.
  • Fresh from his television fame in Happy Days, he co-starred with John Wayne in the latter's valedictory swan song The Shootist.
  • This was my ninth, the final one, my swan song. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the new issue of the Italian Vanity Fair, Patrick Dempsey confirms that the show’s upcoming eighth season will be his swan song.
  • I competed in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, which was my swan song.
  • But this week will see a mini swan song - his last pre-budget report. Times, Sunday Times
  • “When these images clash — as in The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, the jackboot is thrown into the melting pot — it can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking.” — The Volokh Conspiracy » The Democratic Strategist misdescribes some legal issues
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