penultimate

• With sure insight she discerned the special quality of the poetic wealth of the “Bells and Pomegranates,” among which she then and always cared most for the penultimate volume, the “Dramatic Romances and Lyrics.” —  Life of Robert Browning
• So, for philosophy, we have the choice between filosofie and wijsbegeerte ` desire for wisdom, 'just as in English one may either use penultimate or last but one. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2
• He paused in the doorway at last for the penultimate act of his departure. —  The Voyage of the Space Beagle
• For the penultimate chapter, "School for Shamans," the author reserves his comments about the various levels at which language is criticized, from the self-styled purists, who appear on national television shows to voice their contempt for the language used by almost anyone under 30 and for the 3rd Edition of the Merriam Unabridged, to the "permissive" linguists, who evade all responsibility when they insist that the proper function of a "scientist" is to describe the way the language is used, not interfere with its use or usage. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3
• Was it growing lighter in the shadowed temple? —  Splinter Of The Mind's Eye

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