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
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
Price bit the dust, but the others, still around, are no doubt in mourning now.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2018
His aim was true, and as the last of the Austrians bit the dust, Alexis turned to where Chester lay and picked him up gently in his arms.
From The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
