cenotaph
Example Sentences
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Congress commissioned Rothwell to erect 20 cenotaphs at Congressional Cemetery to honor U.S. senators and representatives whose remains are elsewhere.
From Washington Post
It’s as if the Broad, now his cenotaph, had subsumed the man.
From Los Angeles Times
“These are the people and moments I remember when I salute, when I stand at attention and when I lay a wreath at the cenotaph.”
From Fox News
The upright assemblage stands somewhere between a diorama and a cenotaph.
From Washington Post
Flowers were laid at a cenotaph dedicated to the victims, a bell tolled as the audience bowed their heads in prayer, and children sang a song for peace.
From Washington Post
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