tombstone

Example Sentences

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Pictures published on social media showed Prigozhin's dark granite tombstone surrounded by a sea of flowers, mostly red roses, in the cemetery on the northeast edge of his hometown.

From Reuters

Her tombstone features her snickerdoodles recipe, the secret of which is to "keep dough fluffy!" it reads.

From Salon

"In publicly accessible but secluded locations such as this, it is sadly common to find raised tombstones being used as tables to consume alcohol and drugs," the letter said.

From BBC

This arrangement implies that people knew who was buried where—which, the scientists write, means there were likely markers above the graves, similar to today’s tombstones.

From Scientific American

In the days before he was shot, Joel Bowman posted a photo on Facebook of his father’s tombstone and referenced the death on the social media site.

From Seattle Times