Example Sentences

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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

Maintenance of gravestones and monuments in Parisian cemeteries are the responsibility of families - not the city.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Happy Valley used to be covered in gravestones.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

But when I go to these cemeteries and take pictures of the gravestones, I’m not usually scared.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

Dozens of figures began to appear among the gravestones: bluish, vaguely human shapes.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan