graveyard
noun
grave·yard
ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard
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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The scars of the past become painfully visible during a dam drawdown, exposing a graveyard of cypress trees that didn’t survive the inundation of water.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Earlier, eight people in black, presumably Oseguera's family members, rode in two cars that followed the white hearse with his remains to the graveyard.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Just like Tarzan’s graceful swing from vine to vine, the elephant graveyard was just a bit of movie script invention.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The same is true in several Republican-leaning counties in the suburbs — and even in rural Texas, which has been a graveyard for Democratic candidates for decades.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Earlier, eight people in black, presumably Oseguera's family members, rode in two cars that followed the white hearse with his remains to the graveyard.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Just like Tarzan’s graceful swing from vine to vine, the elephant graveyard was just a bit of movie script invention.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The same is true in several Republican-leaning counties in the suburbs — and even in rural Texas, which has been a graveyard for Democratic candidates for decades.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
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 12 Mar. 2026.
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