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
“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
He does most of the talking too, telling them stories about different teams that bit the dust over the years.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2022
There are objects from the 1920s and also some as recent as the 1990s, well after the “Surrealist movement” had bit the dust.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021
The fight was over, and one of the Barbarossas bit the dust.
From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by Currey, E. Hamilton
