boneyard

Example Sentences

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But in spite of the ghouls and revenants and other morbid players from the sidewalk boneyard, Halloween is a holiday for the living.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023

He is talking about Wrap Distribution in Oxfordshire - a 100,000 square foot destination for Da Vinci Codes, a true boneyard for best sellers.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023

On one day alone, 3 April, the Teruel boneyard received five Boeing 747s and two Boeing 777s.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2020

“A common sight on many a summer evening in 1940 was a long string of orange cars being hauled to the boneyard in Georgetown,” recalled streetcar historian Leslie Blanchard.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2020

I had better odds for survival in the boneyard, he thought.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer