burying ground
Example Sentences
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Archaeologists think Sutton Hoo was also a burying ground for the royal’s relatives, who were laid to rest in about 17 other mounds near the presumed king.
From National Geographic • Jan. 29, 2021
In 1807, a Quaker burying ground was established nearby.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2020
Investigators eventually removed the remains of 27 people — five men, eight women and 14 children — from 28 graves in what scholars discovered was an old burying ground called the Walton Family Cemetery.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2019
With typical disregard for mere historical fact, Hicks has substituted a hedge for the wall that surrounds the burying ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the burying ground, there were many new graves.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
