graveyard

Example Sentences

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Bimbo is maneuvered into a graveyard whose tombstones sway and sing, and whose ground opens up to reveal teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

I always did the graveyard shift: I worked for 54 years.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Even under a beaming sun, the ruins, aproned by the graveyard of the nearby Norman church of St. Mary’s, carve a formidable black silhouette against the sky.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

There is also what appears to be a grey building that sits in the middle of the graveyard - likely to be a columbarium which houses funeral urns, says Chung.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Now he is buried with our prayers in the holy earth of the pueblo’s graveyard, along with others of our family.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads