tombstone

Example Sentences

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Mr. O’Brien refused concessions and tweeted an image of a tombstone “Yellow: 1924-2023.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

But his tombstone was defaced on Thursday morning, local authorities said.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

"With just 22 million rupees, we've restored 92 buildings, eight or nine clocks, and some 1,300 tombstone plaques."

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Dock, whose birth year engraved on his tombstone is a guess, was a child when he arrived in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Then Donal began shoveling dirt into the open grave while Shady read aloud the verse that had been engraved on the tombstone.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool