afterlife
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.
These small objects accompanied and assisted the departed in the afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
In Dyersville: For the movie “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones, a cornfield is turned into a ballfield for a story about baseball players in the afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Poor Sylvia Plath has found little rest in the afterlife.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
Other times, such as the surreal world of the donkey afterlife, I thought of the colorfully unpredictable universe of the music-focused game “The Artful Escape,” a quest for personal identity and self-actualization.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
“Hold up a second. This all makes for a nice story, but it goes way beyond a general suspension of disbelief. You’re talking about souls, and an afterlife, and some all-girl council.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.