headstone

Example Sentences

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Last year, Ms Dorrian's siblings added her name to their mother's headstone to commemorate the 19th anniversary of her disappearance.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Next to its headstone in the graveyard of institutions, one might also place a marker for the era that publisher Henry Luce once labeled “the American Century.”

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

The widow of entertainer Roy Hudd has praised the "fantastic" theatre poster-style headstone placed at his grave.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

I step out and walk over to my mother’s headstone, kissing her inscribed name.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera