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
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
Not through any fault of my own, they all just bit the dust one after another.
From BBC • May 10, 2020
Price bit the dust, but the others, still around, are no doubt in mourning now.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2018
Iskender bit the dust and wept aloud, calling on Allah to attest his innocence.
From The Valley of the Kings by Pickthall, Marmaduke William
