bite the dust

Example Sentences

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Seeing that and other jobs bite the dust was "so disappointing", she says.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2021

We don’t see Tyene bite the dust on-screen, but I can’t imagine Benioff and Weiss suddenly deciding she’s worth the narrative investment to have her wriggle out of this.

From The Verge • Jul. 31, 2017

First to bite the dust was Baz Luhrmann’s hip-hop fantasia The Get Down.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2017

I also suspect “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is going to bite the dust this year; the topicality of its red-hot first season just isn’t there.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2017

"I maintain," said Berry, "that the obverse will bite the dust."

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford