potter's field
Example Sentences
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After an autopsy, Joseph was buried for the first time at a potter’s field in the city.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022
Calvary Catholic Cemetery — made a plan: Establish a potter’s field, gather the unclaimed dead and give them a proper burial.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021
Four years later, she still leaves flowers at the potter’s field each Memorial Day.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021
The videos emerged as the coronavirus outbreak ravaged New York, and after they circulated, officials confirmed what viewers suspected: The city had begun interring unclaimed bodies of Covid-19 victims in the potter’s field.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020
One of the worst things that could be said about someone from Harlem was that he was buried in potter’s field.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
