cenotaph - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • pass: Once the ceremony was finished the thousands of people who had lined the streets began to queue to pass the Cenotaph.
  • build: The names of wars in this century were read out following a minute's silence around a specially built alternative cenotaph.
  • see: I looked back to see the cenotaph once more, and by now the stone man was fully visible on the slab.
  • call: In London there is a large memorial called the Cenotaph in Whitehall, and each Remembrance Sunday a big ceremony is held there.

Adjective modifier

  • temporary: This ' floral ' temporary cenotaph was erected in Bowling Park, Bradford, shortly after the war.
  • permanent: In the three days that followed the unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph, 400,000 people visited it.

Noun used with modifier

  • marble: Day 3 This morning you will be taken to Jodhpur where you will visit the Mehrangarh Fort and the marble cenotaph at Jaswant Thada.

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