bit the dust
Example Sentences
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My own family recently discovered this firsthand when our beleaguered second car, a gas-powered Honda Fit, finally bit the dust.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
There are objects from the 1920s and also some as recent as the 1990s, well after the “Surrealist movement” had bit the dust.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021
For today’s man—but not for Today’s Man, which bit the dust in 2003—snug is the mot-du-jour.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2015
In 2011, True Grit bit the dust, failing to win a single prize despite 10 nominations.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2015
But, fortunately, one of the priest’s supporters threw out his foot, and the corpulent Alcalde fell heavily over it and bit the dust.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
