How to Use headstone in a Sentence
headstone
noun
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The headstone will soon be changed to add the boy's name.
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David K. Li,
NBC News,
8 Dec. 2022
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But once the body was buried and the headstone placed, then what?
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Caren Chesler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Mar. 2018
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Two of the bags were found in front of headstones, Adams said.
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Jennifer Johnson,
chicagotribune.com,
18 Dec. 2017
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Hobbs makes sure the headstone is clean and free of trash and weeds.
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Glenn E. Rice,
kansascity,
14 Apr. 2018
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The rows of gray headstones seemed to fade into the woods.
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USA Today,
17 Oct. 2019
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Find a headstone and place the wreath at each one with the red ribbon at the top.
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Keith L. Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Dec. 2022
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Inmates dig the graves, mow the grass, and fashion the headstones.
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The Marshall Project,
NOLA.com,
12 Oct. 2017
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The Star-Telegram has not yet received a list of the names on the headstones.
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Anna M. Tinsley,
star-telegram,
4 Oct. 2017
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The headstones do not reflect the color of their skin but the courage of their deeds.
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USA TODAY,
9 Dec. 2017
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There was a very old headstone at the rear of the property.
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Hadley Keller,
House Beautiful,
19 Sep. 2019
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This headstone is for the wife of a private who served in World War II.
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Jonathan Edwards,
Washington Post,
4 July 2024
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The casket was more than 140 years old and there was no headstone.
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Joseph Serna,
latimes.com,
10 May 2017
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Dick’s headstone is midway up the hill, under the shade of a tree in bloom.
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Kiley Bense,
Longreads,
7 Nov. 2019
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Most of the graves have military headstones, and the wreaths will rest against them.
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Don Stacom,
courant.com,
11 Dec. 2019
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As tears flowed, Mr. Grasso placed a white rose on the headstone.
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Bryan Marquard,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 Aug. 2023
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His headstone now sits perched at the cemetery next to the grave of his father.
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Story,
CNN,
19 Aug. 2023
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It was carved into the shape of a headstone and inscribed with his name and date of death.
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David Goodhue Miami Herald (tns),
al,
3 May 2023
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The headstone, in Section 17 of the cemetery, is a simple one.
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La Risa R. Lynch,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
8 Sep. 2021
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The phony headstone had the names of my mother and father on it.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Feb. 2024
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The wreath rested on the grass, still a few feet from the headstone, when all but a couple of workers had left the site.
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Sig Christenson,
ExpressNews.com,
23 Dec. 2020
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In late August, Jake’s gravesite did not yet have a headstone.
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Katie Moore,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2024
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Clark was buried that day in the 200-year-old cemetery without a headstone.
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La Risa R. Lynch,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
21 May 2021
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The city also will provide a plaque of the city seal that will be affixed to Guttmann’s headstone.
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Beth Mlady,
cleveland,
16 Jan. 2020
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Hannah and Leah Pierce look at a small headstone inscribed with the name Lucy.
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Char Adams,
NBC News,
11 Feb. 2022
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The property was sold and, in 1974, the new owner bulldozed the headstones.
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Anne Geggis,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
23 June 2018
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The father was also buried in the cemetery, but his headstone has not been found.
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Washington Post,
26 Oct. 2020
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The headstone also marks the burial spot of Fogg's wife, Hannah, who died in 1790.
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Fox News,
3 June 2018
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States moved aside the dirt to the left and right of those headstones where, according to the cemetery log book, four more graves should be.
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OregonLive.com,
27 Jan. 2018
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Meanwhile, Bass is trying to save up enough money to buy a headstone for Livye's grave.
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Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Maila Nurmi has a drawing of her character Vampira on her headstone.
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Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
31 Oct. 2024
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