Example Sentences

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We have two acts to go, and as Marquez assumes her postmortal identity, her dancing takes on a new authority.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013

In a dimly lit Salle Royale hung with blue velvet, glows the gold funeral chair, with its big-horned sacred cows for armrests, that was made to carry Tut on his postmortal trip.

From Time Magazine Archive

Never mind that the man for whom it had been built was still living, the Cloudspire was a royal tomb, and all manner of luxuries had already been laid in for the king’s postmortal comfort.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But it was Great Ellen who was the true master of the postmortal state.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor