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after a person's death- a posthumous book
- a posthumous award
- I was a posthumous child.Dickens, Charles -- David Copperfield
- "Yes yes," said Caderousse; and his eyes glistened at the thought of this posthumous revenge.Dumas, Alexandre -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- I'm not about to recommend a posthumous medal.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- No, but it will destroy your case against him—posthumously on both parts.J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
- I did not begrudge him this triumph in articulo mortis, this almost posthumous illusion of having trampled all the earth under his feet.Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
- My mind flashes to the letter Nabi had given me in Kabul, his posthumous confession.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
- "Yes, yes," said Caderousse; and his eyes glistened at the thought of this posthumous revenge.Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- She had the ransacking of the wardrobes of the two defunct ladies, and cut and hacked their posthumous finery so as to suit her own tastes and figure.William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
- For his bravery, Don Ruhl received a posthumous Medal of Honor.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- She had his hand cut off posthumously to display for effect.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- It is a virtue gone to seed: it is a kind of posthumous honor.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
- All her devotion was given to George who was like his father; and her care was for Gerald, born posthumously and very delicate.Virginia Woolf -- A Sketch of the Past
- There was also 'Animal Hero, Second Class,' which was conferred posthumously on the dead sheep.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- There were no legacies, no annuities, none of the posthumous bustle with which some of the dead prolong their activities.E.M. Forster -- Howards End
- Almond, who had died at twenty-one, was nominated for a posthumous medal for bravery.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- He was never going to be able to tell anyone about his triumphs, not even in posthumous memoirs.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- Everyone talked about how sweet it was that she had this posthumous token of her love and she naturally did not disabuse their minds.Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
- Before he read the posthumous letter he had resolved to be first among them, but afterward he was not certain of anything.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera
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