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A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
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(by extension) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
Examples of graveyard in a Sentence
The graveyard was probably the cemetery of Hammath.
The room was as still as a graveyard despite the dozen Guardians there.
The rain had stopped, and the landscape around the graveyard was dotted with reflective pools.
There are some very interesting gravestones in the associated graveyard.
He also felt the presence of spirit children when he first entered the graveyard.
Do not trespass in order to gain access to a graveyard at night.
If he succeeded, he was to be given $2,500, but if he lost he would have to work the graveyard shift.
She sat, taking in the Goth décor that made the study as welcoming as a graveyard.
His tomb is in the old graveyard of St Margaret's church, Lee, Kent.
John Logan, the hymn-writer and reputed author of "The Ode to the Cuckoo," was minister for thirteen years; and in its graveyard lies the Rev. John Home, author of Douglas, a native of Leith.
The upper parts of the surrounding graveyard offer some magnificent views of this end of the island.
A visit to Dunblane's magnificent Cathedral would be incomplete without a wander round its ancient graveyard.
The Howff burial ground is a historic graveyard given to the people of Dundee by Mary, Queen of Scots.
Should Brackley's old graveyard be turned into a skate park?
I imagined the graveyard that day, full of dense greenery.
The graveyard had been freshly mown when I visited, the dry grass stubble looking like a blasted heath around the church.
Leave the cultural center and head to the graveyard.
He recreates this time of his life for us perfectly in a trio of novels he wrote between 1985 and 2003; Death is a Lonely Business, A Graveyard for Lunatics, and Let's All Kill Constance.
The new home became, as it proved, that of his whole after-life; a dwelling then bought and in time remodelled was the poet's residence for fifty-six years, and from it, after his death on the 7th of September 189R, his remains were borne to the Amesbury graveyard.
With a deep breath, Yully left the graveyard and returned to the manor, determined to find a way to leave for Sean's wake.
We saw the pet's graveyard with its sad lament to "Little Boxer."
The graveyard was know to stand solemn, silent, dignified yet cool and gloomy on top of a solitary hill.
Beyond it, the grand 14th century chancel, rudely filling almost the entire east end of the graveyard.
The Graveyard curiously isolated in its position, seems to have no obvious continuance elsewhere in Lancaster Hole.
I led a community project with the Princes Trust, clearing an overgrown graveyard which was thought to be used by drug users.
Whenever I've visited this quaint graveyard there have always been the remnants of such a wreath.
The best view of the church with its tower is now from the bypass that cuts through its former graveyard.
Day 6 - Donegal to Galway We head south through county Sligo which inspired the writing of WB Yeats and visit a famine graveyard.
The remains of Preston Church are in the parish graveyard which lies about 600m south west of the village of Preston.
Thirty graves were opened at Cymmer Independent Chapel's graveyard, and a mass internment of victims took place on Thursday 17th July.
The tombstones of 18th and 19th century mariners can be seen in the graveyard.
A very ancient monolith in the graveyard is inscribed in Latin and is of archeological interest.
For in his dreams he guides his dead comrades to a tranquil graveyard, a peaceful, drowsy respite from war.
Eleven years in the graveyard of English football a few rungs above Hackney Marshes fodder is not nearly good enough.
The luminous trail led toward a large sarcophagus, dominating the oldest part of the graveyard.
The wide graveyard has been cleared of headstones, I am afraid, to make a rather scrubby and unattractive park.
Hmm, that's the graveyard shift of conference week isn't it?
I sat on a panel in the graveyard slot on Saturday morning, waffling on about public service broadcasting.
By far the most notable of Harris's converts was William Williams (1717-1791), Panty Celyn, the great hymn-writer of Wales, who while listening to the revivalist preaching on a tombstone in the graveyard of Talgarth, heard the " voice of heaven," and was " apprehended as by a warrant from on high."
While making a visit at Brewster, Massachusetts, she one day accompanied my friend and me through the graveyard.
The wall was left in situ when the graveyard extended to the northwest and shows as a revetted bank.
The garden to the NW was the graveyard of the Priory and sepulchral stones and remains have come to light.
Hmm, that 's the graveyard shift of conference week is n't it?
Ode to the Grave The graveyard stood solemn, silent, dignified yet cool and gloomy on top of a solitary hill.
However, the graveyard had fallen into a state of serious disrepair over the last few decades and has been closed since 1984.
These are the photographs of 24 tombstones in a little graveyard outside Castlederg each one a memorial to the terror of the IRA.
And if that was n't munificent enough, he swung his weightless body over into one of the graveyard 's grim looking monumental figures.
Just get Zoa in the Graveyard Slots then face Joey.
If you neglect your pet for a long period of time, it goes to the Undying Woods Graveyard where another owner can begin to take care of your pet.
In Scooby Doo 1000 Graveyard Dash, you need to lead Scooby out of a graveyard as fast as you can to save him from a ghost that is chasing him.