graveyard

Example Sentences

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‘I always did the graveyard shift’: I worked for 54 years.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

He said he and others had urged the council to do something to prevent the sheep accessing the graveyard, but "sadly there doesn't seem to be any movement".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

A couple’s $800,000 renovation brought a circa-1893 chapel in England, complete with a graveyard, back to life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

But short-sellers don’t have to scour the graveyard for ideas.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

It didn’t take long for word to spread that there was a “haint” in the graveyard.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney