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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Made to look like a creepy graveyard, Halloween dirt pudding starts with a layer of thick chocolate pudding that's topped with crushed chocolate cookies.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
In the novel, Mackie has a possible motive for delaying the breaking ground of the graveyard, but his character served as another red herring.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
But the descriptions of the graveyard are downright Saundersian.
—Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
According to police, two former contract employees at Omaha's Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery began stealing memorial vases from the graveyard and selling them as scrap metal in late June or early July, while conspiring with others to pilfer and scrap them.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
In the novel, Mackie has a possible motive for delaying the breaking ground of the graveyard, but his character served as another red herring.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
But the descriptions of the graveyard are downright Saundersian.
—Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
According to police, two former contract employees at Omaha's Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery began stealing memorial vases from the graveyard and selling them as scrap metal in late June or early July, while conspiring with others to pilfer and scrap them.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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 9 Sep. 2025.
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