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
The Romans who crucified my brother are already dead and gone.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
If you teach somebody something, whoever they teach, even when you’re dead and gone, you’re constantly getting blessings even when you’re in the grave.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023
“Forty years in jail? I might be dead and gone when he gets out.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2022
"The old Metropole. "The old Metropole," brooded Mr. Wolfshiem gloomily. "Filled with faces dead and gone.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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