tombstone

Example Sentences

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Celan called it a tombstone for his mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

“When I die,” Rob Reiner once joked to an interviewer, “I want my tombstone to read, ‘Now I’m in this place!’”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Instead, it was placed on her grave as a tombstone out of respect for the contribution the woman had made to the community's food security.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

And when I reached the back of the tombstone and shined the light on it, I was barely surprised.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben