Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for posthumous

posthumous

adjective as in after death

Discover More

Example Sentences

When Egyptologists were searching for the initial tomb, they found a posthumous inscription that indicated the content could have been moved to a second location nearby, by Thutmose II's wife and half-sister Hatsheput.

From BBC

The Ukrainian casualty list is likely more complete than the Russian equivalent, as Ukrainian presidential decrees on posthumous military awards remain publicly accessible.

From BBC

It would be an irony worthy of Sondheim if, after a lifetime of being dismissed as too highbrow, his posthumous career suffered from commercial overexposure.

The late Norman Lear, who has a posthumous executive producer credit on “Clean Slate,” remained devoted to that format because of its assuring familiarity.

From Salon

A posthumous win for Charles that you can scorn and sympathize with at the same time.

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement