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gravestone

[grayv-stohn] / ˈgreɪvˌstoʊn /


NOUN
tombstone
Synonyms


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Considering his own mortality, while consumed by daily news of death and destruction on the network he founded, Turner mused about what one day might be inscribed on his gravestone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

The peacefulness of Sycamore Gap was "of solace" to them all, so much so the tree was depicted on the young man's gravestone.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

Town council clerk Helen Ball said she was notified on Sunday the gravestone had been damaged.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024

Then we heaped his barrow, lifting a gravestone on the mound, and fixed his light but unwarped oar against the sky.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

At the Old Dutch Church Burying Ground, which adjoins the larger Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Mr. Ocker examines gravestones that may have inspired Irving’s character names—Katrina Van Tassel is one of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Nevertheless, protesters held fake gravestones reading “RIP local business,” “RIP crew call” and “RIP creativity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He was told locals of an ancient village near Chepstow had awoken to find more than 50 holes mysteriously dug among the gravestones of their churchyard.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

But when I go to these cemeteries and take pictures of the gravestones, I’m not usually scared.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024

Ruth had discovered that summer a lovely old church about half a mile from the Cottages, which had behind it rambling grounds with very old gravestones leaning in the grass.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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