six feet under

Example Sentences

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Had May not gone to the hospital, “I would have been six feet under that night,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2025

Here in the U.S., fewer and fewer of us are choosing to spend our afterlife six feet under.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

When he’s six feet under, I highly doubt your sons will fondly remember him by saying, “Our dad had the nicest Mercedes SUV. Man, that thing was beautiful. He always drove around in style.”

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2021

Michigan took Notre Dame's season and buried it six feet under.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 28, 2019

I can only think of one explanation for why my mother hasn’t come back for me, and that explanation requires her to be six feet under the ground.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender