How to Use afterlife in a Sentence

afterlife

noun

• Does he believe in an afterlife?
• Should the afterlife beckon with a bright light, as reported, or be rendered in a different way?
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
• But the cemetery’s future has been as mysterious as the afterlife.
  — Allen Matthews, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• Among secular people, the absence of an afterlife raises the stakes.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• Does an elderly character who limped in life also hobble in the afterlife?
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
• 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
• And of course, there were earlier references to collecting slaves for the afterlife.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2020
• Art is also a central conduit between life and the afterlife in Buddhist cultures.
  — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
• After his accident, Joe’s soul arrives on a sort of escalator to the afterlife.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
• In ancient Egypt, hoops were worn by both royalty and commoners, and those who were not royal were buried in the earrings in preparation for the afterlife.
  — Katie Attardo, Marie Claire, 2 Dec. 2020
• Associated with renewal and rebirth, these insect charms were intended to protect souls on their journey to the afterlife.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2020
• But now that she’s spoken aloud her fears about facing Nicholas, and collected her locket from Billy, Agatha seems much softer and more at peace with her fate in afterlife limbo.
  — Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 30 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
• The power of belief, whether in spirits, the afterlife or mediums, is likely why Spectropia did little to stave off the Spiritualism movement.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024