How to Use posthumous in a Sentence

posthumous

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• She received a posthumous award for her life of philanthropy.
• King earns a new posthumous No. 1 on the Blues Albums chart this week.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
• Croce was the first artist in Grammy history to receive a posthumous nod for record of the year.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
• In June of this year, the rapper received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  — Rio Yamat, Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Maria Sherman, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
• In March, the first single from the star’s posthumous album was released.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
• The Goncalves will be there to receive Kaylee's posthumous degree.
  — Kayna Whitworth, ABC News, 12 May 2023
• Standing in the way, of course, is all the posthumous image-making.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 May 2022
• Cara was, of course, singing about the posthumous longevity that fame can confer.
  — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 25 May 2021
• The Walk of Fame honor is the latest posthumous achievement for Hussle, who was shot and killed in 2019.
  — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
• With any luck, this is just the beginning of a long posthumous career.
  — Christopher Soto, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• So a posthumous piece of paper from the mayor of Birmingham might or might not mean much to the guy.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 18 Jan. 2022
• He was awarded two posthumous awards at the 62nd Grammy Awards.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 6 July 2022
• Is the posthumous Phife Dawg album still on the calendar for March?
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2022
• Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal in 2008's The Dark Knight.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022
• Now the rapper's posthumous single with the singer has been released.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 16 July 2021
• Many thought the rapper would become the first artist to receive a posthumous Grammy nod for best new artist.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2021
• Tim, more than any of their records, prefigured the 1990s rock boom that made these guys posthumous legends.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
• The week’s biggest headlines centered on a pair of high-profile sales — one post-move and one posthumous.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
• Four tracks featured from these dates were released on the posthumous album Moody Blue.
  — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
• Four tracks featured from these dates were released on the posthumous album, Moody Blue.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• The title Good News, however, was a direct nod to Mac Miller’s first posthumous single of the same name.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2021
• Twelve of them altogether now, posthumous faces to the wall in his studio.
  — Nicole Krauss, Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
• As of this writing, there have been three posthumous box sets of Frank Zappa’s music to be released this year.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
• Gasol attended Bryant’s posthumous induction to the Hall of Fame in 2021.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• The posthumous release provides a fitting and deeply personal tribute, as well as a primer on the art of stand-up.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 30 May 2022
• As one of Old Hollywood's biggest and most beloved stars, Hepburn is no stranger to posthumous tributes, whether on the page or screen.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2021
• John Prine and Chick Corea were both awarded posthumous Grammys.
  — Amalia Isabel Nuñez, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2021
• The antique vehicle was adorned with a large banner of the late Ralph E. Bishop, the parade’s posthumous grand marshal, and towed on a flatbed truck.
  — Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2022
• Detroit’s dean of the blues is set to be honored with a special summer tribute, including a posthumous key to the city.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2022
• However, Kraven does accept one posthumous gift from Nikolai: the iconic lion’s mane coat that Kraven wears in the comics.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Jan 2025