How to Use gravestone in a Sentence

gravestone

noun
  • Even their gravestones do not bear their names.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The grass is knee-high at the gravestones near the path.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Flowers are seen laid out at a gravestone.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • She was buried with a lock of her husband’s hair and his name on her gravestone.
    — NBC News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • She was buried with a lock of her husband’s hair and his name on her gravestone.
    — Time, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Clicks and likes are not what will be inscribed on our gravestone when our time is done.
    — Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • There’s no shortage of gravestones above those who could shoot well but could not or did not act.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Each gravestone a story of someone's life, a link to the past.
    — Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of the pond.
    — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of the pond.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The top plate features a ghost, a wee gravestone, and a coffin.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Many gravestones were broken and lay crumbled on the ground.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The front of his gravestone lists the dates of his birth and death and the names of his wife and children.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 4 June 2018
  • Scrooge’s lonely gravestone appears stage right via hand crank.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
  • It’s often packed with tourists who wind along its paths to read the markings on the gravestones.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The mural shows a stone angel on a pedestal flanked by two large gravestones in a cemetery.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • There are clusters of gravestones, an odd one plonked in the middle of a paddy.
    — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Dozens of Irish names can also be found on gravestones in the town cemetery.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The woman told the officer the gravestone was moved off the base at her son’s grave site.
    — cleveland, 26 June 2020
  • His gravestone looked like all the others, the first in a line that extends across the grass like pearly white teeth.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2013
  • The process to find the gravestone's rightful home was a long one, said Stanaway.
    — Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Photos posted by the groups showed the gravestones knocked over in the grass, many of them broken.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 July 2024
  • Some of the gravestones are so old that the words on them are difficult to decipher.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The gravestone found in the water belonged to a man named John Greer.
    — David Goodhue Miami Herald (tns), al, 3 May 2023
  • The end of the film sees a gravestone, as the infamous assassin is laid to rest next to his wife.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
  • David and Mike Moseley placed their hands on the top of Stephen’s gravestone.
    — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2022
  • One gravestone of a child — once marked by a stone lamb on top — was smashed in the road, leaving behind only the lamb.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • About all that’s left now are the memories, the accolades and the gravestone.
    — Marc Freeman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2021
  • These days, Grant doesn't get many of her recipes from researching gravestones herself.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The photos here are of Harvey’s gravestone and piece of the ledger, shows his name as a Trustee.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2021

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