How to Use first and last in a Sentence

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• Afterwards, Rivers and I hugged for the first and last time.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• Enter your first and last name on the search page and hit the search button.
  — The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
• That was the first and last time I was asked to do that on television.
  — Lizz Winstead, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
• Most costs are incurred in the first and last week of hospice care.
  — Markian Hawryluk, Fortune, 27 July 2022
• Have that person email the art to [e-mail] along with your first and last names, age and hometown.
  — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
• You'll be asked to enter your first and last name, email, country, state and zip code.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
• There is one per season, with the exception of the first and last seasons.
  — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• And separately: Combs did let Chapman have the first and last word in the duet.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
• Sandwich a loop of ribbon inside leaves, and leave a 1-inch tail; glue first and last leaves.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
• Khadija will typically be the first and last on the dance floor.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
• Khadija will typically be the first and last on the dance floor.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
• Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2022
• Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. Or, tweet @gthot20.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023
• Too many teams were focussed on getting the ball to the best guy instead of to the open one, and too many players wanted to take the first and last shot.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• But that was my first and last real gripe about the motorcycle.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• Jeff Beck, who died suddenly at the age of 78, was among the first and last of rock music’s epic guitar heroes.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
• Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the United States.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
• Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the United States.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2023
• Except for the first and last, each of the 20 watches will last for six hours and within each watch, a vigil will last for 20 minutes, the army said.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
• Between the first and last day of March, Milwaukee will gain back about 90 minutes of daylight.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2024
• One of her predictions was that home prices would fall 1% year over year in the second and third quarters and be flat in the first and last quarters of this year.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
• Aside from the first and last twenty minutes of the game, anchored by a solid defense, the U.S. outplayed England.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2022
• At the show, the first and last hour is open to networking, which is heavily emphasized throughout the night.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Jan. 2024
• Megan Thee Stallion is ready to talk about what happened following Tory Lanez’s assault of her for the first and last time.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 19 Apr. 2023
• Megan Thee Stallion is ready to talk about what happened following Tory Lanez’s assault of her for the first and last time.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 19 Apr. 2023
• The 388 names were compiled by the FBI and deemed validated with first and last names, county officials said.
  — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
• The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was seen for the first and last time in 1882, according to a news release from nonprofit Re:wild, which helped fund the search effort.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 Nov. 2022
• Prior to World War I, many Americans didn’t maintain consistent spellings of their first and last names.
  — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
• Hackett was the first and last enslaved person to be extradited from Canada back to the United States.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2023
• Hackett was the first and last enslaved person to be extradited from Canada back to the United States.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024