Sentence examples for a graveyard of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a graveyard of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used metaphorically to describe a place or situation where things go to be forgotten or abandoned, such as ideas, projects, or even physical objects.
Example: "The old factory has become a graveyard of discarded machinery and forgotten dreams."
Alternatives: "a wasteland of" or "a cemetery of".

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The Middle East has been a graveyard of good intentions.

The Economist

The Ashes are a graveyard of corrected dichotomies.

The Guardian - Sport

Under her bed was a graveyard of cores.

The Guardian

The other side of the road, however, was a graveyard of skeletal trees.

The New York Times

Wearing white, they run through a graveyard of compacted cars like early-morning spirits.

The New York Times - Arts

Their party's long-standing commitment to individual freedoms was buried in a graveyard of civil liberties.

The Guardian

The history of American independent filmmaking is largely a graveyard of genius.

The New Yorker

The close results left his opponents in a graveyard of what-ifs.

The New York Times

The continent has become a graveyard of abandoned laptops and good intentions.

The Guardian

And there they sat, a graveyard of greed, headstones fit for a Celtic tiger.

The New York Times

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Lehenkari and Hyssalo, who studied a diabetes management system in Finland were confronted by a 'graveyard' of databases.

BMC Health Services Research

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