gravestone
Americannoun
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gravestones
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gravestone
A Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at grave 1, stone
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Considering his own mortality, while consumed by daily news of death and destruction on the network he founded, Turner mused about what one day might be inscribed on his gravestone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
On his gravestone it reads, "Inventor of Cluedo".
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
“We’re now left with a gravestone that’s in multiple pieces,” she added.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
I was about to turn away when I saw a small constellation of rocks, stacked as if on a gravestone.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Nevertheless, protesters held fake gravestones reading “RIP local business,” “RIP crew call” and “RIP creativity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A ragtag online group, the “Grave Marker Recovery Team,” hunts down gravestones that have been stolen, typically to sell at antique shows as accents for upscale decorating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
The 30 available gravestones, many now without distinguishable inscriptions, date back to the 19th Century.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
Guiding everyone is the show’s host and relationship guru Mark L. Walberg, whose disconcertingly white smile doubles as a line of gravestones for all the ailing relationships his show has mercy killed.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025
The moon shone brilliantly on the sodden grass, the mossy gravestones, the crumbling mausoleum, the figures in their hideous embrace between the columns.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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