afterbirth

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

For once, Deborah feels what it's like to be upstaged, whether by her ego, her prejudices, or, at a clarifying low point, an animal's afterbirth.

From Salon • May 12, 2022

“It was years later,” says Reed-Allen now living in Urbana, Md., “when I realized afterbirth had been left inside me and that I could have died.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2021

She held on to this beautiful thought and the sound of her daughter snuffling as the pains of expelling the afterbirth came.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2018

During the three days I spend there, it smells strongly of afterbirth and the floor is flecked with blood and dirt.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2017

I called the grandmother, who had been taking care of the boy, to get me blankets and see to the afterbirth.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson