How to Use postmortem in a Sentence

postmortem

noun
  • A postmortem showed that the man had been poisoned.
  • Party leaders are conducting a postmortem of the election to try to find out what went wrong.
  • She had been stabbed to death and a train had run over her body postmortem, the release said.
    Melissa Alonso, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
  • In a project postmortem, teams often look at what worked and what didn’t work.
    Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
  • This comes up a lot in forensic shows, where sorting out the pre-, peri-, and postmortem injuries is like half the show.
    Vulture, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The Cowboys lost a game, so the postmortem is underway.
    Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Her postmortem voice-over is more than an avant-garde gimmick.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The Colts fell 24-10, and the postmortem shows the cause of death was two massive mistakes committed by the offense.
    Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The blog statement serves as a postmortem of the hack, which the company said happened Monday.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • For the first few minutes of the postmortem period, brain cells may survive.
    Jeremy N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Kamau added that at least four had died of starvation, though postmortems still had to be done.
    Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Killers of the Flower Moon Rated R for gun and bomb violence, and an open-air postmortem.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Not surprisingly, his postmortem spins it as a great gift to new users.
    Steven Levy, Wired, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The fish had a bruise from a boat strike near its head, but scientists aren’t sure whether that was a fatal blow or a postmortem injury.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Running bits, good advice, and fun guests brought more joy than any Oscars postmortem could.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
  • However, the hole in the skull could have also been made postmortem as a type of ritual practice.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2021
  • In the postmortem on small businesses that didn’t make it, cash flow is overwhelmingly listed as the cause of death.
    Tony Ward, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • More Colts coverage But a key part of the postmortem is already clear, even before the deep digging begins.
    Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Police are waiting for a postmortem to confirm if the victim was pregnant.
    Swati Gupta and Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 7 Dec. 2021
  • According to the postmortems, DeSantis had hired the wrong people and taken the wrong advice.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 26 Jan. 2024
  • These are being discussed in the postmortem over Terra’s collapse.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 12 May 2022
  • All agreed that a postmortem of the redistricting process was necessary.
    Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Bauer was doing a postmortem with pitching coach Derek Johnson when Stephenson launched.
    John Fay, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2020
  • His postmortem gave five major reasons for the loss or changes needed to ensure better outcomes in the future.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2023
  • In a postmortem conference call of House Democrats, other swing-district Democrats echoed that complaint.
    Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2020
  • While the Bears and their fans continue to celebrate Mack, pinching themselves every game day, Gruden is central to the Raiders’ side of the postmortem.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Five more people who died there were not tested for the virus after their death or still have postmortem results pending, Impink said.
    Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2020
  • For more from Loren, read her Power postmortem interview.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • At the conclusion of the first night, Harris went to the refrigerator and poured herself a small glass of white wine before settling in for a brief postmortem chat.
    Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
  • The Wild dressing room wasn’t empty after Saturday night’s 3-2 loss to Anaheim, but the two players who showed up for the postmortem were dramatically outnumbered by equipment managers and reporters.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024

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