tombstones
Example Sentences
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Bimbo is maneuvered into a graveyard whose tombstones sway and sing, and whose ground opens up to reveal teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Soldiers who demonstrated "extraordinary valour" are honoured with outdoor graves and tombstones, while others are commemorated in urns inside the columbarium.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Nearby, a well-maintained veterans cemetery can be seen, its tombstones decorated with wreaths and flowers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The man crunches his way toward us, through this snow-covered field and past rows upon rows of identical wooden tombstones, then gestures back in the direction he came from.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
Why, it’s them that, not content with printin’ lies on paper an’ preachin’ them out of pulpits, does want to be cuttin’ them on the tombstones.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
