How to Use gravestone in a Sentence

gravestone

noun
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  • Getting named after a gravestone is not unorthodox in Haley Hodge's family.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
  • The front of his gravestone lists the dates of his birth and death and the names of his wife and children.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 4 June 2018
  • The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of the pond.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Ryan and Emma go to Mary Kate's gravestone all the time.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Don’t leave him to bang his head on his own gravestone.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2019
  • The gravestone found in the water belonged to a man named John Greer.
    — David Goodhue Miami Herald (tns), al, 3 May 2023
  • David and Mike Moseley placed their hands on the top of Stephen’s gravestone.
    — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Stephen Moseley’s gravestone had been set in the ground.
    — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The photos here are of Harvey’s gravestone and piece of the ledger, shows his name as a Trustee.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Each gravestone a story of someone's life, a link to the past.
    — Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The process to find the gravestone's rightful home was a long one, said Stanaway.
    — Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The woman told the officer the gravestone was moved off the base at her son’s grave site.
    — cleveland, 26 June 2020
  • She was buried with a lock of her husband’s hair and his name on her gravestone.
    — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • His gravestone looked like all the others, the first in a line that extends across the grass like pearly white teeth.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2013
  • It’s often packed with tourists who wind along its paths to read the markings on the gravestones.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Photos posted by the groups showed the gravestones knocked over in the grass, many of them broken.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 July 2024
  • A pet's gravestone, moved from a friend's house, is nearby.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 18 May 2017
  • And the Fun Slide, the Fun House, and the the gravestones of many people who laughed or squealed or met their spouse at this carnival.
    — Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 4 May 2018
  • About all that’s left now are the memories, the accolades and the gravestone.
    — Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2021
  • There are clusters of gravestones, an odd one plonked in the middle of a paddy.
    — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
  • There’s no shortage of gravestones above those who could shoot well but could not or did not act.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Often called the best slate in the world, Peach Bottom slate was used to make blackboards, roof tiles and gravestones.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 25 June 2018
  • The Explorer pulled off the Cross Bronx and into a hundred and eighty acres of gravestones.
    — Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The mural shows a stone angel on a pedestal flanked by two large gravestones in a cemetery.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The man who was chief justice when Stevens joined the court in 1975, Burger, is buried one row in front of them, in the same row as Stevens' gravestone.
    — Jessica Gresko, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
  • One gravestone of a child — once marked by a stone lamb on top — was smashed in the road, leaving behind only the lamb.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The names on the single gravestone are Wilhelm and Rosa Krochmalnik, with two death dates, nine months apart in 1921.
    — Jessica Hornik, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Some of the gravestones are so old that the words on them are difficult to decipher.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Michael scans the gravestones on the hillside before getting out, making sure he’s in the right place.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2017
  • Heather had a backlog of miraculous-medal cameos to carve into gravestones.
    — Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024

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