Example Sentences

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Gravestones are removed, graves moved to Hope cemetery.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Gravestones and other items were damaged at the Baptist church, although no value was affixed to that incident.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2022

Gravestones for those who have died after crossing the border scatter a cemetery in the city.

From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2021

Gravestones were vandalized, and once-pristine bluffs above the Potomac gave way to highway ramps and the Tanger Outlets shopping mecca.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2017

Gravestones mostly flake away after a couple of centuries.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell