beyond the grave

idiom

: after death
He believes that there is life beyond the grave.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Your real-life grandmother sounds very different from your grandmother in Clock, who’s this terrifying specter of a Holocaust victim stalking you from beyond the grave. Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2023 And then there’s the Patti LuPone version of Mona, who manages to punish Beau from beyond the grave for all the ways he’s blamed her. Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023 The custom both honored the pharaoh and inflicted punishment beyond the grave. Byandrew Curry, science.org, 5 Apr. 2023 Told from the mother's perspective from beyond the grave, the novel traces the way nativism spreads and how morally dubious technologies such as surveillance and immortality science thrive under a fascist, one-party-rule government. Amy Brady, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023 People traveled to the annual Mass from all over the world to testify to miracles Charlene had performed from beyond the grave. Nathaniel Rich Stacy Kranitz, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022 Inside a hospice for terminally ill teens, members of an exclusive club make a chilling pact: The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Dec. 2022 As the show's final season looms on the horizon, fans have already theorized about which characters may die — and which, if any, could return from beyond the grave. Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022 Based on a novella by the master of horror Stephen King, this new film follows a teen who begins receiving text messages from his old employer and friend Mr. Harrigan, seemingly from beyond the grave. Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2022 See More

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“Beyond the grave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20the%20grave. Accessed 5 Jun. 2023.

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