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
For Luger, there was something devastating about seeing institutions find value in these human beings only after they were dead and gone.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
“That’s long dead and gone in my opinion,” Spencer said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
“When you hear that Ball name, just like you hear the Hiltons and the Rockefellers and all that, when I’m dead and gone, you going to remember that Ball name,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2021
Theon Greyjoy sniggered, and Maester Luwin said, "Bran, the children of the forest have been dead and gone for thousands of years. All that is left of them are the faces in the trees."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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