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
Realtors were trying to cut Uncas's burying ground up into building lots.
From Time Magazine Archive
“This burying ground is filled with stories like Magda’s,” Addison said.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
