afterlife
Example Sentences
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Mr. Bird has history he’d like to forget, but, as Mr. O’Brien notes, he gave so many others memories they’ll always remember, spawning “an afterlife for Indiana State’s one shining moment.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 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
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
I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn’t bear not to.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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