gravesite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gravesite
First recorded in 1950–55; grave 1 ( def. ) + site ( def. )
Example Sentences
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I accompanied Romero in Washington in 2010, when he knelt at RFK’s gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery and wept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Hope visits his wife’s gravesite in Pearland, Texas.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
A few police officers who were deployed to control the crowd appeared overwhelmed and watched from a distance as some jostled to take selfies at the gravesite.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024
In the days since, however, the gravesite has become a place of pilgrimage for those yearning for his vision of “the beautiful Russia of the future” to become a reality.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Butterfly— like on those T-shirts in the old photograph, at my father’s gravesite, on the tombstone in Bat Lady’s backyard.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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