Get to know Gravedigger better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like laborer or labourer.
Gravedigger meaning
- A person employed to dig graves.
- A necrophore, or burying beetle.
Using Gravedigger
- The main meaning on this page is: A person employed to dig graves. | A necrophore, or burying beetle.
- Useful related words include: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack.
- In the example corpus, gravedigger often appears in combinations such as: the gravedigger.
Context around Gravedigger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gravedigger
- In this selection, "gravedigger" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wise, must, joao and john stand out and add context to how "gravedigger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a local gravedigger joao buino and called the gravedigger of french. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gravedigger" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gravedigger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jefferson tells Odell about Gravedigger. (5 words)
Gravedigger can now temporarily gain any power he wants. (9 words)
The gravedigger must dig up the corpse and ensure that only bones can be found without any flesh. (18 words)
Gravedigger -- also known as Tyson Sykes -- on is a World War II-era member of the U.S. military who became a "super-soldier" after a secret experiment gifted him with enhanced strength, agility, tactical genius and hand-to-hand combat expertise. (42 words)
With junior officer Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes), Shaw puts together a strong and proud unit, including the escaped slave Trip (Denzel Washington) and the wise gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman). (30 words)
The Tete provincial police spokesperson, Lurdes Ferreira, named the man as Rui Foia, and confirmed that both he and a local gravedigger, Joao Buino, have been arrested. (27 words)
Example sentences (9)
The gravedigger must dig up the corpse and ensure that only bones can be found without any flesh.
Gravedigger -- also known as Tyson Sykes -- on is a World War II-era member of the U.S. military who became a "super-soldier" after a secret experiment gifted him with enhanced strength, agility, tactical genius and hand-to-hand combat expertise.
Gravedigger can now temporarily gain any power he wants.
Jefferson tells Odell about Gravedigger.
The Tete provincial police spokesperson, Lurdes Ferreira, named the man as Rui Foia, and confirmed that both he and a local gravedigger, Joao Buino, have been arrested.
With junior officer Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes), Shaw puts together a strong and proud unit, including the escaped slave Trip (Denzel Washington) and the wise gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman).
At one point, as in the Gravedigger scene, Hamlet seems resolved to kill Claudius: in the next scene, however, when Claudius appears, he is suddenly tame.
He was called "The Gravedigger of French Cinema" citation and was the only French critic not invited to the Cannes Film Festival in 1958.
Some biographies state that Marta's father was a gravedigger and handyman, while others speculate that he was a runaway landless serf.
Common combinations with gravedigger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: