afterlife
Example Sentences
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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
This time, however, he explores an afterlife with its own set of rules.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
But few shows have had a longer afterlife, nor left a deeper impact on viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
I don’t even know if he believed in the afterlife or a literal Jesus or what.”
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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