Examples of gravestone in a Sentence
we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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One shows the Oscar standing beside her dark granite gravestone.
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Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
Many of the gravestones were moved to Alder Brook and West Cemetery and remain there today.
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Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
An online fundraiser for Moore’s memorial describes him only as a 30-year-old man and includes pictures of his posing with animals and near his mother’s gravestone.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, haunted armor and stretching room portraits, according to the concept art.
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Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
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Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
Many of the gravestones were moved to Alder Brook and West Cemetery and remain there today.
—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
An online fundraiser for Moore’s memorial describes him only as a 30-year-old man and includes pictures of his posing with animals and near his mother’s gravestone.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, haunted armor and stretching room portraits, according to the concept art.
—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
2 June 2026
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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