afterlife

Example Sentences

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Poor Sylvia Plath has found little rest in the afterlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

She plunges into the ground, stuck but immediately on a mission: This woman is a spirit charged with guiding the soul of a dying oil baron into the afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

After she was murdered as a young woman, Jill was, in her words, “elevated” to the role of a comforter, whose task is to aid the dying in their transition to the afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

In the story, our devices become a gateway to another world — or, rather, a halfway point between our universe and the afterlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

The first thing Ob did when the afterlife antenna came around again was to take him out into May’s empty garden.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant