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
Not through any fault of my own, they all just bit the dust one after another.
From BBC • May 10, 2020
And while that’s around the time, more or less, that science hypothesizes the dinosaurs bit the dust, the wizards at Pixar have forged another creation story.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2015
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
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
