How to Use tombstone in a Sentence

tombstone

noun
  • On a full moon, blood may be seen dripping down her tombstone.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
  • Horowitz’s knock is the scrape of the chisel on your tombstone.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Her name was etched on the tombstone, next to their father’s.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • His latest study set out to find the origin of the tombstone.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Bury me in this look and have Gerber name-checked on my tombstone.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2017
  • One is a replica of Wale’s tombstone.
    — Rita Omokha, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • Use these tombstone templates and cut out the designs with a craft knife.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Then, use a box cutter or saw to cut the foam into tombstone shapes.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But what if Halloween is at hand and the signs are shaped like tombstones?
    — Randy Maniloff, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2018
  • Next, draw the design for your tombstone onto the foam.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The skies are gloomy and overcast, fitting for a trip among the tombstones.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • This year, 80 couples will have tied the knot among the tombstones.
    — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Concrete beams standing in the dirt like tall tombstones.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Most tombstones are a single concrete block – the same used to build the walls of the grave.
    — Abeer Salman, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Palace led a fundraising effort to erect a tombstone for Siegert.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2017
  • His tombstone stands to this day, but is isolated from the other graves.
    — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Turn your front yard into an eerie cemetery with tombstones and freshly dug graves.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • What’s more Halloween-y than a cookie recipe on a tombstone?
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And his folks before that also were in the tombstone business.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Moss shall cover your tombstone, and as the sun rises, green shall spread over all, in all its shades and hues.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The ceiling was formed from Jewish tombstones (matzevot) laid across tram rails.
    — Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
  • People used to come to my hotel and leave tombstones and pictures of dead babies.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The family has had to raise money to replace the tombstone twice.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The ominous clip features Slim Shady’s tombstone on a rainy night.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 July 2024
  • Baubles could be a slice of pizza or a small tombstone to be dropped on the map that don’t serve any other purpose in the game.
    — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2021
  • These words don’t need to be etched on your tombstone or turned into your LinkedIn headline.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The only thing that stood were the chimneys, were the fireplaces, that to me looked like tombstones in a graveyard.
    — Wired, 5 Sep. 2019
  • There’s a tiny fly that’s flitting around the corner of a marble tombstone in one of the scene’s cutaway shots.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The hole cut in the plastic barrier could be construed to suggest the shape of a tombstone.
    — Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Most of the graveyard’s 25 tombstones bear the names of Parton’s.
    — Amy McRary, The Seattle Times, 23 Dec. 2017

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