dead and gone
Example Sentences
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"We like to think of Joe as not being around rather than being dead and gone."
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024
“Forty years in jail? I might be dead and gone when he gets out.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2022
“That’s long dead and gone in my opinion. And it’s buried. And I don’t want to have anything to do with it, to be honest,” he said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
Then again, television has always preserved what’s dead and gone.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020
When I’m dead and gone, that’s what I want from you.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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