How to Use penultimate in a Sentence

penultimate

adjective
  • Bosa was the penultimate first-round pick to sign with his new team.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 25 July 2019
  • But the penultimate match in this feud is one that should be still to come.
    — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
  • This is quite the bomb to drop in the penultimate episode of the season.
    — Abby Govindan, Vulture, 23 July 2021
  • But the penultimate episode suggests that things could take a turn.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • Team Chicago would face one more loss in the penultimate episode.
    — Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • The news comes the same day that the penultimate episode of season two was released.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The timepiece, which would turn out to be the penultimate Ref.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2022
  • As the group ran around the penultimate turn, several moves were made.
    — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The seventh episode was supposed to be not the penultimate episode, but the third to last.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2022
  • So, what else is on tap for the penultimate episode of Season 8?
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 May 2025
  • Her horse Just Fine has been entered in the penultimate race of the day.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
  • The penultimate episode of the show’s first season is set to air on Sunday.
    — NBC News, 13 July 2018
  • The penultimate episode of the show's first season is set to air on Sunday.
    — Joe Otterson, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • There was quite a sinister tone to Rachel's last scene in the penultimate episode.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Amidst all of this tension, George is shot in the penultimate episode of season three.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The penultimate look, with its sheer skirt and trailing purple coat, is one of my favorites of the night.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The seventh and penultimate test is long form cardio, taking the form of a 1-mile run.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The penultimate round is known as the Final Four, when only four teams are left.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2024
  • This year, the namesake hub of the Bordeaux wine region swooped in to nab the penultimate spot on the list.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • While that beef seems to be on pause for the moment, fans rushed the area to catch the penultimate song in their set list that launched a bevy of diss tracks.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Raisani also planned to leave that cliffhanger at the end of Lone Star’s penultimate episode.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • After dinner and awards but before the concert, the penultimate event of the gala evening is the auction.
    — Nicholas Foulkes, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Welcome back to Auburn Arena for the penultimate home game of the season.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Omaha Beach cruised to the lead on the turn and won in hand by 2¾ lengths in the penultimate start of his career.
    — Larry Stumes, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2019
  • In fact, the last of my friends to comment on Years and Years did so by text, having just watched the penultimate episode.
    — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2019
  • Turkette’s turn on Triple G is the penultimate episode of the show’s 24th season.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The penultimate scene is Tiago in the graveyard, and Magda for the first time touches and speaks to him.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 June 2020
  • The penultimate year in the Pac-12 was not a profitable one for the Four Corners schools.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The triple bogey on the penultimate hole at Shinnecock Hills in 2004.
    — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2018
  • Hull broke her nose in the penultimate game before the All-Star break on July 9 against the Wings.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2023

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