How to Use headstone in a Sentence

headstone

noun

• The headstone will soon be changed to add the boy's name.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• But once the body was buried and the headstone placed, then what?
  — Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018
• Two of the bags were found in front of headstones, Adams said.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• 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
• Inmates dig the graves, mow the grass, and fashion the headstones.
  — The Marshall Project, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• The Star-Telegram has not yet received a list of the names on the headstones.
  — Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
• The headstones do not reflect the color of their skin but the courage of their deeds.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2017
• 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
• States moved aside the dirt to the left and right of those headstones where, according to the cemetery log book, four more graves should be.
  — OregonLive.com, 27 Jan. 2018
• Trees and brush have slightly overgrown the cemetery, but the headstones are still clear.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2023
• When the new sections were added, the headstones were reversed so that the inscriptions faced the remains rather than the flagpole.
  — arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
• Two white wrought iron garden chairs sit on either side of his headstone for peaceful reflection.
  — Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Jan 2025