last-ditch in English

adjective

1

denoting a final attempt to achieve something after all else has failed.

a last-ditch effort to break the deadlock

synonyms: last-minute, last-chance, eleventh-hour, last-resort, desperate, do-or-die, last-gasp, final

adjective

last-minute, last-chance, eleventh-hour, last-resort, desperate, do-or-die, last-gasp, final

Use "last-ditch" in a sentence

1. "This was most probably a kind of last ditch effort by them," the commander said.

2. 29 Munich had inspired a last-ditch attempt to bring down Chamberlain and save the peace.

3. Determined to fight to the last ditch, the Confederates fought a wave of dismounted Union troops.

4. 2 In 625 B.C.E., Egyptian Pharaoh Necho made a last-ditch effort to block Babylonian expansion southward.

5. 26 In a last-ditch attempt to save his party from electoral defeat,(www.Sentencedict.com) he resigned from the leadership.

6. The Last Ditch Effort Banked Slalom is back! Inspired by Crystal Mountain Ambassador Blair Habenicht, this Banked slalom is a salute to another great winter season

7. In a last-ditch attempt to strengthen the spirit and resolve of the troops, the Russian Provisional Government establishes the first all-female "Death Battalion."

8. Biden Desperate for Last-Ditch Afghan Deal Before Admitting He’ll Miss Trump’s Withdrawal Deadline LAST CHANCE SALOON Trump pledged to bring American troops home by May 1.

9. As a last-ditch attempt to get new monetary reforms approved, Louis XVI convoked the Estates-General on 8 August 1788, setting the date of their opening on 1 May 1789.

10. It's a last-minute, last-ditch effort at Bipartisanship coming just days before House and Senate Democrats were expected to move on the first step of their efforts to pass a coronavirus relief

11. The Defence Ministry is now making a last - ditch effort to process defence procurements on a priority basis so that capital expenditure allocation is utilised and the armed forces modernisation campaign is on course .

12. ‘Engineering is Countenanced only as a desperate last-ditch response to climatic catastrophe.’ ‘A refusal to co-operate would not be Countenanced.’ ‘They show contempt for their vows and pose a danger of showing more serious contempt for our children which should not be Countenanced.’

13. ‘Engineering is Countenanced only as a desperate last-ditch response to climatic catastrophe.’ ‘A refusal to co-operate would not be Countenanced.’ ‘They show contempt for their vows and pose a danger of showing more serious contempt for our children which should not be Countenanced.’