Headstone is an English word with synonyms like keystone or key. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Headstone meaning
- A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.
- The cornerstone or principal stone of a building.
Using Headstone
- The main meaning on this page is: A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave. | The cornerstone or principal stone of a building.
- Useful related words include: keystone, key, building block, gravestone.
- In the example corpus, headstone often appears in combinations such as: the headstone, headstone and, headstone in.
Context around Headstone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Headstone
- In this selection, "headstone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, explained, victorian, humble, placed, styles and rededication stand out and add context to how "headstone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and his headstone in crossmaglen and been no headstone on mchugh. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "headstone" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with headstone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her headstone is there already. (5 words)
During the conversation, he verbally agreed to have the headstone placed in three weeks. (14 words)
Neighbours watched in silence as the Syrian opposition flag was tied around Hamza's headstone. (15 words)
Friends and family have already raised more than £6,000 to help Hamza's family, but proceeds from the inaugural Hamza Alrimi Trophy game at Sidney Stringer on July 18 will be used specifically to raise funds for his headstone. (40 words)
Officers stopped 48-year old James E. Havens in the 300 block of East State Street just before 1 o’clock this morning who, according to police officials, was driving a handcart down the street with a headstone in it. (40 words)
He loved how the hero trawled graveyards looking for the headstone of a baby boy who, had he not died, would have been about the same age as the assassin, and whose identity could be adopted. (36 words)
The most intriguing headstone, teetering right on the cliff edge, boasts the grave of a man who apparently died 19 years before he was born! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
He also responded to complaints that Avbob branded the headstone with its logo, saying this was in case the headstone is damaged in future.
Additionally, two Standard Bearers, a Piper and a Bugler were also attendance at the service, which saw a military Padre bless the headstone.
A supermoon rises over a headstone at a cemetery in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023.
During the conversation, he verbally agreed to have the headstone placed in three weeks.
Friends and family have already raised more than £6,000 to help Hamza's family, but proceeds from the inaugural Hamza Alrimi Trophy game at Sidney Stringer on July 18 will be used specifically to raise funds for his headstone.
The group commissioned a headstone from Frank Grontkowski Monuments Inc. of Hanover Township, which briefly described Brown’s efforts and has an image of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon.
Then the excavator covered the trench with earth; no headstone, but a piece of wood hewed from one of the nearby pines with a name and date scribbled with black marker.
There had been no headstone on McHugh’s grave but thanks to the fundraising of a local based committed enough was raised to erect one.
The Wright family's headstone in the local cemetery had been altered three weeks prior to his death, rolling back his birth year by five years.
CAC docent Lisa Tallman decoded insignia, explained headstone styles and recounted stories about some of the notable Chicagoans laid to rest on the burial grounds encompassing 119 acres.
David has a photo of the headstone and cemetery taken by a friend who visited Europe.
He loved how the hero trawled graveyards looking for the headstone of a baby boy who, had he not died, would have been about the same age as the assassin, and whose identity could be adopted.
Her headstone is there already.
His remains were recently identified in Belgium's Tyne Cot Cemetery, so his grave is set for a headstone rededication.
However O’Callaghan later fell out with the Provos in complicated circumstances, apparently linked to family disputes in the borderlands, and his headstone in Crossmaglen “carries no hint he was ever an IRA volunteer”.
Neighbours watched in silence as the Syrian opposition flag was tied around Hamza's headstone.
Officers stopped 48-year old James E. Havens in the 300 block of East State Street just before 1 o’clock this morning who, according to police officials, was driving a handcart down the street with a headstone in it.
Queenscliff Cemetery will host the Victorian Headstone Project to uncover the identity of unmarked military graves.
Revealed: Sinead O'Connor's humble headstone in a Dublin cemetery - seven months after the Irish music.
The most intriguing headstone, teetering right on the cliff edge, boasts the grave of a man who apparently died 19 years before he was born!
Common combinations with headstone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the headstone 15×
- headstone and 6×
- headstone in 5×
- headstone for 5×
- his headstone 4×
- no headstone 4×
- headstone of 4×
- headstone with 3×
- headstone is 3×
- headstone at 3×