graveyard

Example Sentences

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“He was old hat, and Las Vegas was seen as the graveyard of the stars.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

He drove to Arizona from his native California after determining that no other streamer had taken the graveyard shift on the Guthrie beat, and he plans on streaming the residence deep into the night.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Her mother, Sue Penrod, had inherited the role of graveyard upkeep.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

"We are ghosts on the night shift," says Leandro Cristovao from Angola, who has worked the graveyard shift at a south London market for seven years.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

He had his straw hat across his chest like folks do when a Confederate veteran’s funeral procession passes on its way to the graveyard.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns