graveyard
Example Sentences
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When the horses drew up to the graveyard’s towering iron gates, she descended the carriage steps, and greeted the cemetery’s watchman.
From Literature
All at once the big monkey stopped squalling and the bottoms got as still as a graveyard.
From Literature
“He was old hat, and Las Vegas was seen as the graveyard of the stars.”
Nicknamed Bob Coveiro - meaning "gravedigger" in Portuguese - the loyal dog brought comfort to mourners and became a fixture at the graveyard until his death in 2021, when he was buried alongside his guardian.
From BBC
Fears of ending up in some unemployment graveyard mean workers hold on to lower wages or jobs they hate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
