die out
Example Sentences
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Many are upset over the way O'Donnell has been treated and are concerned the beloved town could die out or be commercialised.
From BBC
“It’s also extraordinarily expensive, because you can only use the naturally shed feathers of the pegasus—otherwise they’d have died out long ago. A single sail’s worth might take a weaver two years to collect.”
From Literature
Hyrox is a fitness craze that shows no signs of dying out - with 1.3m people expected to compete in an event somewhere in the world this year.
From BBC
Now it was up to Owen to make sure they didn’t die out here.
From Literature
This shouldn’t be a spoiler 15 years after “Game of Thrones” first aired, but the Targaryen dragons have died out by this point in the timeline.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
