Thesaurus results for GRAVESTONES

gravestones

noun

plural of gravestone

as in tombstones

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones

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Recent Examples of gravestones Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, watchful busts, haunted armor and stretching room portraits. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026 Almost like gravestones etched with the years of a life, they were marked with the diameter of the trees that had once stood there. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Artists and photographers regularly capture it, and Heicher says there are even gravestones in local cemeteries with images of the bridge etched into them. — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Many of the gravestones were moved to Alder Brook and West Cemetery and remain there today. — Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 Swapping gravestones for fieldstones That trend — along with a desire to improve deathcare — led Connell to partner with Ed Bixby, owner of Steelmantown Church in New Jersey, which operates several green cemeteries nationwide. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 Many of the gravestones in this makeshift cemetery have no full names, only the fighter's nom de guerre, because they were buried in the haste of war. — Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026 On the paths between gravestones are colored footprints, as if left by cartoon characters. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 The tornado ripped off roofs, flattened trees and toppled gravestones at the Belton Cemetery. — Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026

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King said when individuals were buried on top of one another, the cemetery’s management removed the tombstones and resold the plots.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
The juvenile green, leafy trees had vanished and were replaced by rows of thin, lifeless trunks staked into the ground like tombstones.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of tombstones

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Many of Washington’s monuments, buildings and sites have been carefully planned over decades to reflect significant moments in the nation’s history and to evoke symbolism through sightlines that connect them to other sites.

— Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Public monuments condemning slavery have been removed, and Confederate names have been restored to Army bases.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

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