How to Use afterlife in a Sentence
afterlife
noun- Does he believe in an afterlife?
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At these Arizona hotels, ghosts are reportedly the afterlife of the party.
— Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024 -
One of the last key elements for the altar’s first level is salt, a symbol to ensure the soul’s purity, helping it to not get lost on the journey to and from the afterlife.
— Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
King Tut was buried with a passel of the seeds, to spice up the afterlife.
— Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021 -
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 -
Leave it to David Bowie to make his presence known in the afterlife.
— Fred Sahai, Billboard, 3 May 2022 -
Beer was even a part of the afterlife, or at least Egyptians hoped so.
— Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023 -
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 -
Lamps were sometimes buried with the dead to light their way into the afterlife.
— Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2021 -
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 -
Dave Itzkoff on the strange afterlife of George Carlin.
— Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
This is what businesses like Shein hope for us: the afterlife is a store.
— Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2022 -
The animals may have been buried to recreate the gardens for the deceased in the afterlife.
— Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023 -
What’s a wedding night in the afterlife without a few frights?
— Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024 -
While Judaism posits belief in the afterlife, this world, the world of the living, is paramount.
— Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021 -
As the series progressed, Doug took on an afterlife of his own.
— Jessica Derschowitz, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021 -
In New Zealand, the spirits of the dead leap off the headland at Cape Reinga on their journey to the afterlife.
— Washington Post, 30 July 2021 -
The book tells the story of the titular Mal, who navigates between the world of the living and the afterlife.
— Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024 -
After you get done telling ghost stories, lighten up the mood with this jam about the afterlife.
— Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 28 Oct. 2022 -
The body was seen as too sacred, and necessary to preserve for the afterlife.
— Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023 -
The amulets represent a wide range of Egyptian beliefs about death and the afterlife.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Jan. 2023 -
Many fans hoped to hear Houdini speak from the afterlife.
— Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2022 -
The Squirrel Nut Zippers had quite a heyday in the midst of the '90 swing dance era, and one of their most famous songs is a gleeful ode to the afterlife.
— Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022 -
Modesty has an afterlife as well as a compelling grandeur of its own.
— Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 13 May 2022 -
Some of his last courses focused on death, dying and the afterlife.
— Cathi Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022 -
Last week's episode led to even more questions about Flower, the hippie ghost who fans thought moved on in the afterlife at the end of last season.
— The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
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