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

Two years of extreme drought have turned large stretches of northern Mexico into a boneyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021

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

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2020

“Aint de same boneyard y’all headed fer. Hum up, elefump.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner