afterlife

noun af·ter·life \ ˈaf-tər-ˌlīf \

|Updated on: 19 Aug 2018

Examples: afterlife in a Sentence

Definition of afterlife

1 : an existence after death

2 : a later period in one's life

3 : a period of continued or renewed use, existence, or popularity beyond what is normal, primary, or expected

a TV show with a long afterlife in syndication

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Examples of afterlife in a Sentence

Does he believe in an afterlife?
written in afterlife, his memoirs reveal a kinder, more forgiving man

Recent Examples of afterlife from the Web

Rulers were buried with boats, among other objects of value, to assist them in the afterlife, shuttling the dead to the Egyptian underworld Duat and providing a vessel for navigating the rivers that crisscross the subterranean realm of the dead.

— jay bennett, Popular Mechanics, "A 3,800-Year-Old Boat-Tomb Was Unearthed in Egypt," 9 Nov. 2016
The research led to the detailing of Chinese burial practices: The caskets contained personal items like tobacco pipes, opium pipes, eyeglasses, and coins to be used in the afterlife, according to Chung.

— NBC News, "Remains exhumed from forgotten Chinese cemetery reburied after two decades," 4 July 2018
And sacrificial victims earned a special, honored place in the afterlife.

— lizzie wade, Science | AAAS, "Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital," 21 June 2018
The discovery also unearthed an assortment of jugs and dishes, a bronze coin, along with dishes of chicken, rabbit and another animal believed to be a lamb or goat, likely offerings to sustain them in the afterlife.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Construction Workers Find Rare Intact Roman Tomb," 13 June 2018
Gina Chavez's wedding video has an afterlife beyond showing it to friends and family members.

— gary graff, Billboard, "Gina Chavez Gives a Peek Inside Her Wedding With 'Heaven Knows' Video: Premiere," 13 July 2018
Every few minutes the vacuum whirled back to life as one of us cleared up another patch of bugs and sent them to their Dyson afterlife.

— christopher muther, BostonGlobe.com, "How to survive an Airbnb disaster, bugs and all," 5 July 2018
In our real world, the notion that computers could create a lovely afterlife isn’t outside the bounds of speculation.

— spencer kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Westworld’s Virtual Afterlife Might Not Be Fiction," 27 June 2018
All these references serve to represent the fascination and costuming around death that inspired Michele more than the afterlife itself.

— sarah spellings, The Cut, "9 References to Death in Gucci’s Cruise Show," 31 May 2018

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