How to Use postmortem in a Sentence

postmortem

noun

• A postmortem showed that the man had been poisoned.
• Party leaders are conducting a postmortem of the election to try to find out what went wrong.
• She had been stabbed to death and a train had run over her body postmortem, the release said.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
• In a project postmortem, teams often look at what worked and what didn’t work.
  — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
• This comes up a lot in forensic shows, where sorting out the pre-, peri-, and postmortem injuries is like half the show.
  — Vulture, 23 Dec. 2022
• The Cowboys lost a game, so the postmortem is underway.
  — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2020
• Her postmortem voice-over is more than an avant-garde gimmick.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2020
• The Colts fell 24-10, and the postmortem shows the cause of death was two massive mistakes committed by the offense.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2020
• The blog statement serves as a postmortem of the hack, which the company said happened Monday.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2022
• For the first few minutes of the postmortem period, brain cells may survive.
  — Jeremy N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2022
• Kamau added that at least four had died of starvation, though postmortems still had to be done.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• Killers of the Flower Moon Rated R for gun and bomb violence, and an open-air postmortem.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Not surprisingly, his postmortem spins it as a great gift to new users.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 22 Oct. 2021
• The fish had a bruise from a boat strike near its head, but scientists aren’t sure whether that was a fatal blow or a postmortem injury.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
• Running bits, good advice, and fun guests brought more joy than any Oscars postmortem could.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
• However, the hole in the skull could have also been made postmortem as a type of ritual practice.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2021
• In the postmortem on small businesses that didn’t make it, cash flow is overwhelmingly listed as the cause of death.
  — Tony Ward, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• More Colts coverage But a key part of the postmortem is already clear, even before the deep digging begins.
  — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2019
• Police are waiting for a postmortem to confirm if the victim was pregnant.
  — Swati Gupta and Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 7 Dec. 2021
• According to the postmortems, DeSantis had hired the wrong people and taken the wrong advice.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 26 Jan. 2024
• These are being discussed in the postmortem over Terra’s collapse.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 12 May 2022
• All agreed that a postmortem of the redistricting process was necessary.
  — Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2021
• Bauer was doing a postmortem with pitching coach Derek Johnson when Stephenson launched.
  — John Fay, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2020
• His postmortem gave five major reasons for the loss or changes needed to ensure better outcomes in the future.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2023
• In a postmortem conference call of House Democrats, other swing-district Democrats echoed that complaint.
  — Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2020
• While the Bears and their fans continue to celebrate Mack, pinching themselves every game day, Gruden is central to the Raiders’ side of the postmortem.
  — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• Five more people who died there were not tested for the virus after their death or still have postmortem results pending, Impink said.
  — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2020
• For more from Loren, read her Power postmortem interview.
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• At the conclusion of the first night, Harris went to the refrigerator and poured herself a small glass of white wine before settling in for a brief postmortem chat.
  — Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
• The Wild dressing room wasn’t empty after Saturday night’s 3-2 loss to Anaheim, but the two players who showed up for the postmortem were dramatically outnumbered by equipment managers and reporters.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024