gravestone
noun
gravestones
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pluralof gravestone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On Thursday, the prince spoke to villagers Rod and Helen Wyatt at their garden gate and was told how the water almost topped gravestones in a cemetery opposite during a flood.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
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
Gazing back on that black hill above Gettysburg, that high lighted hill already speckled with fires among the gravestones, he smelled disaster like distant rain.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
