potter's field
Example Sentences
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“We played softball next to the potter’s field where he was buried and we would visit him on the holidays, with flowers and prayers,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023
There is room for more than 14,000 cremains in the potter’s field, and both men say they plan to continue claiming and burying the dead until they join them in the earthly embrace of Mt.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021
Instead of using the potter’s field, Dr. Sampson said her agency would soon start letting families freeze the bodies of their loved ones as a “long-term storage option” at the disaster morgues.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020
Forget the potter’s field near the Bronx full of freshly dug graves.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020
Mr. Collins caught the fever, and a few days later he joined the rest of his family members in the crowded potter’s field.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
