gravediggers
- plural of gravedigger.
Example Sentences
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He is examining a pile of rich red earth, dug up a few hours before by local gravediggers to make space for a coffin.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Berger, who lost 20 kilograms to see the chamber himself, believes the stones show ancient gravediggers excavated the pit, digging up dirt and stones, setting them aside, and then using them to cover the body.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2023
Three gravediggers in tattered jackets looked on with their hands folded solemnly.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
I’m old enough to recall what was known as the “Winter of Discontent” in 1978-1979, when famously even the Liverpool gravediggers downed spades, and the bodies piled up in mortuaries.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
I said good-bye to the widow’s unmarked stone, where she was buried after she died, and where I stayed until the gravediggers found me and carried me to the temple.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
