Example sentences for: headstones

How can you use “headstones” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It's sad to think that the epitaph on countless headstones over the next few decades will have this postscript: "I might have lived a full life if Bill had decided to retire just a bit earlier."

  • Note too the pockmarks on some of the headstones caused by the British who used them for target practice before the Battle of Bunker Hill (see page 16).

  • Over the years headstones have been moved to accommodate newcomers and the lawnmower, so they may not mark accurately where the remains lie; furthermore, a couple of dozen bodies may be interred under each stone given that 2,300 bodies are buried here.

  • Note the many headstones carved with skull and crossbones or winged death’s head motifs.

  • More than 3,800 former slaves are buried at Arlington under headstones that say either "civilian" or "citizen."


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