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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My sister-in-law later translated the sign to our left as follows: tombstone for anticommunist fighters of the june 25 incident.
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William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
For the animals too, in a way, since Jude managed to get footage of multiple groups of creatures being drawn to this tombstone in particular.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
After Lily leaves her blank eulogy notes on his tombstone, the Bloom family embraces and walks away.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Ultimately, the talent manager ended up being buried in a family plot in New York without a tombstone.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
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William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
For the animals too, in a way, since Jude managed to get footage of multiple groups of creatures being drawn to this tombstone in particular.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
After Lily leaves her blank eulogy notes on his tombstone, the Bloom family embraces and walks away.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Ultimately, the talent manager ended up being buried in a family plot in New York without a tombstone.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 26 July 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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