Examples of tombstone in a Sentence
the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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Photos from the scene show the tombstone broken into multiple pieces, its iconic inscription now illegible.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
In 2022, the band hijacked the Encore Theatre at Wynn in Las Vegas in full costume, performing on a stage decorated with 20-foot tall skeletons, tombstones and coffins.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Turn your front yard into an eerie cemetery with tombstones and freshly dug graves.
—Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
These can be tombstones cut out of cardboard boxes, using old stockings as spider webs, and getting creative with the leaves and branches in your yard to make festive decorations.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
In 2022, the band hijacked the Encore Theatre at Wynn in Las Vegas in full costume, performing on a stage decorated with 20-foot tall skeletons, tombstones and coffins.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Turn your front yard into an eerie cemetery with tombstones and freshly dug graves.
—Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
These can be tombstones cut out of cardboard boxes, using old stockings as spider webs, and getting creative with the leaves and branches in your yard to make festive decorations.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tombstone. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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tombstone
noun
tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn 
Geographical Definition
Tombstone
geographical name
Tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn
city in the southeastern corner of Arizona population 1380
Note: Tombstone was site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
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