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
• My pantry has three shelves—and the first and last for some reason are taller than the middle shelf.
  — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 8 Aug. 2024
• 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
• The name Roka came from combining Kass's first and last names.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2024
• 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
• There were no available records connected to his sister based on a search of her first and last name.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
• 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
• Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the United States.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
• Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the United States.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024
• 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
• The right-hander allowed a solo homer in his first and last innings but was rarely hit hard in between.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
• 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
• Taking a picture on the first and last day of school is a heartbreaking yet rewarding way to mark the passage of time.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 3 Aug. 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

Last Updated: 12 Sep 2024