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
Your massive down payment will lower your payments so they’re much more favorable than they would be if your vehicle bit the dust unexpectedly and you hadn’t been saving.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2022
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
In 2011, True Grit bit the dust, failing to win a single prize despite 10 nominations.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2015
Angel of joyful foot! the dawn is nigh; Pour wine, and lift your tuneful voice on high, Sing how Jemshids and Khosraus bit the dust, Whelmed by the rolling months, from Tir to Dai!
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
