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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Advertisement The two graveyards rest on land that was once part of one of over 50 plantations owned by the white Hairston family across several states.
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Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
For its part, Singapore has been aggressively retrofitted according to the whims of capital—its coastline expanded, its graveyards exhumed and paved over, its landmarks destroyed—leaving the populace disoriented.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Then comes the wrenching graveyard scene.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
That place was a football graveyard.
—Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
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Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
For its part, Singapore has been aggressively retrofitted according to the whims of capital—its coastline expanded, its graveyards exhumed and paved over, its landmarks destroyed—leaving the populace disoriented.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Then comes the wrenching graveyard scene.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
That place was a football graveyard.
—Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 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 Jan. 2026.
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