afterbirth
Example Sentences
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I could almost taste the dough, yeasty and full like afterbirth.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 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
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
"It is reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog or the world's largest chunk of phlegm."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2012
I pulled this baby into the light of life, so I will bury the afterbirth and the cord that once linked him to eternity.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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