tombstone

Example Sentences

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Celan called it a tombstone for his mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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

But his tombstone was defaced on Thursday morning, local authorities said.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Unlike the vast majority of his predecessors, he will not be buried in St Peter's, but in a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in central Rome, beneath a tombstone inscribed only with his name.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

Cynthia saw two girls sitting on a skateboard in front of a tombstone.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds