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
All linen was swept aside to be washed, but she carefully wrapped the useless cord and the afterbirth and laid the package at the feet of the Virgin on the small altar.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.