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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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Ancient Indigenous mounds found in Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee
At Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery, the city’s oldest operating cemetery, history can be seen in every direction – etched on the gravestones, mausoleums and monuments of founders, pioneers, industrialists and beer barons.
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Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin is thankful for a friend who recovered the gravestone of her beloved dog, Chewy, from her home before the house burned down in the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.
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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
The gravestones are numbered to reflect the burial system that was developed to properly inter hundreds of victims whose bodies were never claimed or identified.
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Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
The youngsters were even tipping over gravestones until Mo stopped them in their tracks.
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 15 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of gravestone was
in the 14th century
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn
: a burial monument
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