grave
noun
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
gravewards
-
a word derived from
grave.
Example Sentences
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One sees them staggering gravewards under a load of self-imposed burdens.
From Alone by Norman Douglas
"Melior est mors quam vita" to the aged woman who crawls gravewards with her bone rosary while Death makes music in the van.
From The Dance of Death by Austin Dobson
But the great procession gravewards goes on, the "thin black lines" creeping along all day long, and there is no falling off in the consumption of sherry and biscuits.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
