Examples of headstone in a Sentence
many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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On June 2, work will take place on the gardens, and on June 3, the project will be headstone cleaning.
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Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
As brush is cleared and pathways reopen, headstones belonging to College Park's first African American veterans, educators, morticians, community leaders, and generations of local families are beginning to reappear.
—Nakell Williams, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Kara Jakubik, a 17-year-old Life Scout with Scouting America and an Ambassador with Girl Scouts, spent the morning with other volunteers walking through rows of headstones searching for symbols, such as military branch emblems.
—Abigail Dollins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026
In 1948, the Army named the regiment as its official ceremonial unit and since then The Old Guard, along with some participants from other branches of the military, has annually placed flags at soldiers' headstones.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 23 May 2026
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Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
As brush is cleared and pathways reopen, headstones belonging to College Park's first African American veterans, educators, morticians, community leaders, and generations of local families are beginning to reappear.
—Nakell Williams, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Kara Jakubik, a 17-year-old Life Scout with Scouting America and an Ambassador with Girl Scouts, spent the morning with other volunteers walking through rows of headstones searching for symbols, such as military branch emblems.
—Abigail Dollins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026
In 1948, the Army named the regiment as its official ceremonial unit and since then The Old Guard, along with some participants from other branches of the military, has annually placed flags at soldiers' headstones.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 23 May 2026
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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