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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Someone’s left what looks like fan art featuring the character on her tombstone, which is low to the ground and modest by Mickey Rooney standards but is nevertheless emblazoned with a sketch of Nurmi in her signature black mermaid dress.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
The ceiling was formed from Jewish tombstones (matzevot) laid across tram rails.
—Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Further up the hill, behind Andy’s final resting place, a larger tombstone marked the grave of his parents, Andrew and Julia Warhola.
—Elaine Rusinko, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Her father was a stonemason and particularly skilled at making tombstones.
—Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
The ceiling was formed from Jewish tombstones (matzevot) laid across tram rails.
—Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Further up the hill, behind Andy’s final resting place, a larger tombstone marked the grave of his parents, Andrew and Julia Warhola.
—Elaine Rusinko, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Her father was a stonemason and particularly skilled at making tombstones.
—Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tombstone. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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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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