How to Use headstone in a Sentence

headstone

noun

• Graves were placed in a circular pattern around the flagpole with the headstones facing the flag and pathways between sections forming a six-pointed star.
  — arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
• So reads the headstone (translated from Latin) marking the grave of the enigmatic man known as Kaspar Hauser, who died in 1833.
  — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
• The headstone will soon be changed to add the boy's name.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• Hobbs makes sure the headstone is clean and free of trash and weeds.
  — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 14 Apr. 2018
• The rows of gray headstones seemed to fade into the woods.
  — USA Today, 17 Oct. 2019
• Find a headstone and place the wreath at each one with the red ribbon at the top.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
• There was a very old headstone at the rear of the property.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 19 Sep. 2019
• This headstone is for the wife of a private who served in World War II.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
• Dick’s headstone is midway up the hill, under the shade of a tree in bloom.
  — Kiley Bense, Longreads, 7 Nov. 2019
• Most of the graves have military headstones, and the wreaths will rest against them.
  — Don Stacom, courant.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• As tears flowed, Mr. Grasso placed a white rose on the headstone.
  — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• His headstone now sits perched at the cemetery next to the grave of his father.
  — Story, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• It was carved into the shape of a headstone and inscribed with his name and date of death.
  — David Goodhue Miami Herald (tns), al, 3 May 2023
• The headstone, in Section 17 of the cemetery, is a simple one.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2021
• The phony headstone had the names of my mother and father on it.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
• The wreath rested on the grass, still a few feet from the headstone, when all but a couple of workers had left the site.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• In late August, Jake’s gravesite did not yet have a headstone.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• Clark was buried that day in the 200-year-old cemetery without a headstone.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2021
• The city also will provide a plaque of the city seal that will be affixed to Guttmann’s headstone.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2020
• Hannah and Leah Pierce look at a small headstone inscribed with the name Lucy.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022
• The property was sold and, in 1974, the new owner bulldozed the headstones.
  — Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 June 2018
• The father was also buried in the cemetery, but his headstone has not been found.
  — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
• The headstone also marks the burial spot of Fogg's wife, Hannah, who died in 1790.
  — Fox News, 3 June 2018
• Trees and brush have slightly overgrown the cemetery, but the headstones are still clear.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2023
• Miss Fran was given the same model of headstone as the one on her father’s grave.
  — Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 24 Dec. 2021
• There will also be new headstones engraved for the men who were hanged.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2024
• In the distance, gray and brown headstones climb the rising landscape in ranks to a graphite horizon.
  — Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
• Sweeping rows of aging headstones rise high on their left up a slope that leads to a large tomb.
  — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
• Volunteers are asked to place the red bow toward the top of the headstone and take a moment to straighten it.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2020
• All were shocked to discover that Clark’s grave didn’t have a headstone.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024