Shoemakers' gear

Usage examples of lasts.

If George is wrong, remember that nothing lasts forever and that nearly every woman alive has endured a similar experience.

Sweet sleep then comes, and lasts until the body has recovered its general harmony.

This continual day lasts for eight weeks, and during that time no one lights a candle.

The pulse is the same diameter as the pencil and lasts only a few millionths of a second.

I was poorly, I am too well aware of the debilitation a woman experiences after a few hours of steady copulation to credit a week-long orgy, much less one that lasts a month!

This mood or condition begins some half hour or more before actual sunrise or sunset, and lasts till either the sun is high, or whilst the clouds are still aglow with the rays streaming above the horizon.

It is brief but while it lasts, coming as it does after the breath of winter has already made itself felt, it is infinitely appreciated and seems even warmer and calmer than it really is.

Enjoy the safety and the tranquillity while it lasts, he told himself.