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
“Ohhhhhhh!” arose like a chorus from the photographers and others assembled backstage at the Grammys as the trophy bit the dust, according to a video posted by Variety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
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
Many of our men bit the dust, but we who remained came to grips with the enemy.
From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by William Edward Sellers
