Examples of gravestone in a Sentence
we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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The car service driver who took her to the cemetery noticed her mom's gravestone was covered by grass and, kneeling in his suit, cleaned it for her.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Nearby, a partially split tree leaned precariously over gravestones at the edge of a cemetery.
—Robert Shackelford, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Their lives were modest and so were their graves, marked not with expensive granite but with wooden crosses or metal markers in the shape of traditional gravestones.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Lebanon police were called to Cedar Grove Cemetery on July 16, 2022 on a report of gravestones being pushed over and separated from their bases, according to prosecutors.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Nearby, a partially split tree leaned precariously over gravestones at the edge of a cemetery.
—Robert Shackelford, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Their lives were modest and so were their graves, marked not with expensive granite but with wooden crosses or metal markers in the shape of traditional gravestones.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Lebanon police were called to Cedar Grove Cemetery on July 16, 2022 on a report of gravestones being pushed over and separated from their bases, according to prosecutors.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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