gave up the ghost
Example Sentences
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I guarded that tape like it was made of gold, carrying it across continents and oceans, until it gave up the ghost.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025
Don’t worry, says the president of the pumpkin farm: There are plenty to replace those that gave up the ghost.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
As for Picasso, he outlived them all and gave up the ghost in 1973.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
Like the ill-fated ship in Jones’s Broadway “Titanic,” which failed to sink at the first preview after the hydraulic set failed, Lepage’s machine also gave up the ghost at a key moment in the drama.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
People gave up the ghost with delicacy and taste inside the hospital.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
