graveyard
noun
grave·yard
ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard
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Examples of graveyard in a Sentence
reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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After a few days but typically as quickly as possible as the hospital has limited refrigerator capacity, the body is buried in a public graveyard in one of the cities or towns around Bijeljina.
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Ingrid Gercama, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
Read Next Ancient Roman graveyard — with over 1,400 tombs — unearthed in France.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
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Ingrid Gercama, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
Read Next Ancient Roman graveyard — with over 1,400 tombs — unearthed in France.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for graveyard
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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