Sample sentences for PENULTIMATE

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Definition

next to the last

She was murdered in the penultimate episode.

They say it is the penultimate Harry Potter film.
The author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter.
Roger's nickname for Penelope was Penultimate.
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

penultimate = next to the last

During this penultimate stage of the siege the population's hysterical fear of sabotage reached its height.
Wladyslaw Szpilman -- The Pianist

penultimate = next to the last

But at the penultimate word, Mary cried out with sharp reproof:
London, Jack -- The Valley of the Moon
In the penultimate verse he makes known his discovery concerning the root of modern Nihilism and indifference,—i.
Nietzsche, Friedrich -- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None
Consider the question posed at the beginning of this book's penultimate chapter: how much do parents really matter?
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
This penultimate lap had been by plane from Rome.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
The pistol snapped its penultimate shot and ripped a valuable Sidney Cooper.
H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man
"So your brain was an organic part of the penultimate configuration of the computer program," said Ford, rather lucidly he thought.
Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
At the penultimate moment, his words, his only ones, words wholly unobstructed in the utterance were these—"God bless Captain Vere!"
Herman Melville -- Billy Budd
On the penultimate night, I told Nathan that I didn't mind if he wanted to bring Karen back to the complex.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
It is the penultimate oxymoron-a nonfactorable variable.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
But then I realized she meant that it wouldn't be possible, as if this house were some penultimate trap of living, sustaining her beyond the pale.
Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
The squares on the board in front of me are filling up: I'm making my penultimate play of the night.
Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
Celaena picked up the penultimate goblet and sniffed.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
This penultimate car had only one passenger—a Chinese man.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
Myth is but the penultimate; the ultimate is openness—that void, or being, beyond the categoriest—into which the mind must plunge alone and be dissolved.
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Nearing the finish line for the penultimate time, Louie fixed his eyes on the gleaming head of the pomaded competitor, who was many runners ahead.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

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