gravestone

Example Sentences

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Considering his own mortality, while consumed by daily news of death and destruction on the network he founded, Turner mused about what one day might be inscribed on his gravestone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

The gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge has been reinstated, after it was smashed into piece by vandals in November.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Scarlett looked around, and saw a man in a fawn-colored raincoat squatting in front of a gravestone.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman