How to Use afterlife in a Sentence
afterlife
noun- Does he believe in an afterlife?
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Which, back in the day, was kind of a trashy thing to wear to the afterlife.
—National Geographic, 16 July 2019
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These kinds of grave goods were buried with the dead in the hopes that they could be used in the afterlife.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
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King Tut was buried with a passel of the seeds, to spice up the afterlife.
—Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021
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From the afterlife, Michael and Janet watch her progress with glee.
—Scott Meslow, GQ, 2 Feb. 2018
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When the ritual concludes, the body is ready for the earth, the soul for the afterlife.
—Daniel Burke, CNN, 13 Nov. 2020
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He’s trapped not just in the afterlife but in the non-stop theatre of his own mind.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024
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Something about god and the soul and angels and the afterlife.
—Francine Prose, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
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Leave it to David Bowie to make his presence known in the afterlife.
—Fred Sahai, Billboard, 3 May 2022
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Beer was even a part of the afterlife, or at least Egyptians hoped so.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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What is the afterlife of this play when Trump is no longer in office?
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2020
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Those experts are the cast of CBS' Ghosts, who have some knowledge of what goes on in the afterlife.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2022
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In the tomb were items deemed necessary in the afterlife.
—Cristela Guerra, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
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For my mother, these were objects of an afterlife—and the house was a tomb.
—Laura Raskin, Curbed, 18 May 2018
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In the show, Bell's character is in the afterlife and is unable to curse.
—Tulsi Kamath, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017
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Lamps were sometimes buried with the dead to light their way into the afterlife.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2021
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Still, Waugh, who died in 1966, might have been shocked by the next stage in this zombie afterlife.
—The Economist, 11 June 2020
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This gives them all hope that death isn’t the end, and that The Midnight Club will continue even in the afterlife.
—Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 16 Oct. 2022
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Dave Itzkoff on the strange afterlife of George Carlin.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
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In the Islamic faith, the 40th day after a death marks the deceased’s soul passing from the earth to the afterlife.
—Sara Mhaidli, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2022
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Like stories about the afterlife, stories about the end of the world can relieve fears of the unknown.
—Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
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But that's starting to change, from video games about the afterlife to TV shows that help prepare you to pass.
—Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2022
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Given its brief existence, the life of the show has also been very much about the afterlife of the show.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
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The connection of dogs to death and the afterlife isn’t limited to Egypt and Greece.
—Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 27 Oct. 2017
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This is what businesses like Shein hope for us: the afterlife is a store.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2022
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The fabric of human life and afterlife were, at many times, the very things Dean and Sam gave their blood, sweat, lives and tears to save.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
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The animals may have been buried to recreate the gardens for the deceased in the afterlife.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
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That doesn't just come in handy for the characters in the comedy set in the afterlife.
—Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 26 Oct. 2017
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The 100th episode is an all-out celebration, with giant poultry, trips to the afterlife and even a cameo by Mark Hamill.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
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When a dark influence begins to grip Todd, Indy must fight a malevolence intent on pulling him into the afterlife.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 May 2025
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