headstone
noun
headstones
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pluralof headstone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In return, he’d get comforts for his death row cell, including a television, as well as $33,000 to pay off a restitution order and purchase headstones for his parents’ graves, The Times reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The “expat graveyard” is filled with headstones of people who boldly declared, “We love it here. We’re never leaving.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
They often have an image of the soldier in uniform engraved on the headstones.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Behind her, the headstones fell away and it was all blue sky above the vast grayness of Erie.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
