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
She was voted off - and yet another faithful bit the dust.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
“Ohhhhhhh!” arose like a chorus from the photographers and others assembled backstage at the Grammys as the trophy bit the dust, according to a video posted by Variety.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2022
Price bit the dust, but the others, still around, are no doubt in mourning now.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2018
Many of our men bit the dust, but we who remained came to grips with the enemy.
From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by Sellers, William Edward
