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
“I don’t know how I would have felt if I had to bury my mother under these conditions,” said John Blumer, a grave digger at the New Montefiore Cemetery on Long Island.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020
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
By the time he was done tallying the accessories, including gloves for the grave digger, the total cost was astronomical.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
