Examples of tombstone in a Sentence
the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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Pipe words onto Milano cookies to form tombstones.
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
The easiest way to do this is to attach some piping to the tombstone and then slide it down over the rebar.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
What’s more Halloween-y than a cookie recipe on a tombstone?
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The next scene features teenagers stealing the tombstone from Ed's grave, before the episode concludes on a quiet note.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
The easiest way to do this is to attach some piping to the tombstone and then slide it down over the rebar.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
What’s more Halloween-y than a cookie recipe on a tombstone?
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The next scene features teenagers stealing the tombstone from Ed's grave, before the episode concludes on a quiet note.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tombstone. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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tombstone
noun
tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn 
Geographical Definition
Tombstone
geographical name
Tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn
city in the southeastern corner of Arizona population 1380
Note: Tombstone was site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
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