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AT LAST
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
As the end result of a succession or process
Example:
at long last the winter was over
Synonyms:
at last; at long last; finally; in the end; ultimately
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Context examples:
At last we came to Pastolik, which is where the Yukon drowns itself in the Great Fog Sea.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
At last I pulled open a heavy door which stood ajar, and found myself in an old, ruined chapel, which had evidently been used as a graveyard.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
At last, at the end of the fourth day, he pulled the great moose down.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
So insistent was my gaze that at last she stirred under the blankets, the top fold was thrown back and she smiled out on me, her eyes yet heavy with sleep.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“What were your plans?” he asked at last.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The result of his thoughts appeared at last in these words.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
They ran behind him some little way, offering him first fourpence and then sixpence a day, but he only smiled and shook his head, until at last they fell away from him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When at last she returned to the unconscious Marianne, she found her just awaking, refreshed by so long and sweet a sleep to the extent of her hopes.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I shall not talk to you, Henry, but I know you will like her best at last.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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