- plural of tombstone.
tombstones
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
Soldiers who demonstrated "extraordinary valour" are honoured with outdoor graves and tombstones, while others are commemorated in urns inside the columbarium.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
In the town's cemetery, an AFP journalist saw a hole that looked like a dug-up grave, surrounded by other tombstones.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
The man crunches his way toward us, through this snow-covered field and past rows upon rows of identical wooden tombstones, then gestures back in the direction he came from.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
His was one of many gray tombstones in a line of foreign unpronounceable names.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
