unmarked grave

collocation in English

meaningsofunmarkedandgrave

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unmarked
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈmɑːkt/us
/ʌnˈmɑːrkt/
having no signs or marks showing what ...
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grave
noun[C]
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
a place in the ground where a dead person ...
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(Definition ofunmarkedandgravefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunmarked grave

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Soon the rent scrutiny boards will lie at rest, unmourned in anunmarkedgrave.
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They were holding up, for all the world to see, photographs of their missing loved ones who, we knew in our hearts, lie in someunmarkedgrave.
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He rests in anunmarkedgravewith two brothers at his side.
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Symbolically, as the soldiers rush to their defensive positions, the stick is knocked away, leaving anunmarkedgrave.
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The body was buried in anunmarkedgraveand the gravesite remained untended.
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He was buried in anunmarkedgraveand his remains have never been identified.
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Anunmarkedgraveis a grave with no such memorial marker.
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He was buried in a commonunmarkedgrave, and there is no known memorial to him.
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He died of a fever along the way and was buried in anunmarkedgrave.
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He was buried in anunmarkedgraveand police refused to release his last will and testament.
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And she thinks he has something to do with theunmarkedgrave, so she intends to find out nonetheless.
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Christman eventually died from his wounds and was buried in anunmarkedgraveoutside town.
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He was buried in anunmarkedgravein the choir before the dean's stall.
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Others say that after his denunciation his coffin and remains were dug up and reinterred in anunmarkedgraveelsewhere.
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Shively died in 1962 and was buried in anunmarkedgrave.
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This photo shows a decrepit wooden fence surrounding an otherwiseunmarkedgrave.
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He was buried there in anunmarkedgrave.
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At least one witness to the hanging claimed to have heard a moan from the coffin, which was placed in anunmarkedgrave.
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He was brought home and buried in anunmarkedgrave.
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