graveyard
noun
grave·yard
ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard
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Examples of graveyard in a Sentence
reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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The story takes place in Louisville, Ky., where a group of teenage punks partying in a graveyard come face to face with the aftermath of two youths accidentally kicking over a barrel in a top-secret government facility.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2017, manufacturers in China were producing over a million bicycles each month to meet the demands of bike-sharing companies, which sadly has resulted in graveyards overflowing with hundreds of thousands of broken and unused bikes.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Others climb from a coffin, creep in a graveyard, or sit on a porch swing.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
In 2017, manufacturers in China were producing over a million bicycles each month to meet the demands of bike-sharing companies, which sadly has resulted in graveyards overflowing with hundreds of thousands of broken and unused bikes.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Others climb from a coffin, creep in a graveyard, or sit on a porch swing.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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