grave digger

Example Sentences

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Nesbitt, who grew up near Rochester, N.Y., worked as a grave digger in high school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

A grave digger in Boston took time off during the day to watch the hearings at a bar to get “an education.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

Festival entertainer Scott Murray of Crystal started out a peasant, became a grave digger and now is Garrik the Viking.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2016

But what happened to a grave digger in Queens on Friday morning could have been a scene in a black comedy.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2014

I didn’t see another person for blocks, not even a grave digger or a physician.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson