How to Use posthumously in a Sentence

posthumously

adverb
  • Those who achieve it often do so posthumously.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Lexi dies, and the murders of her classmates are pinned on her posthumously.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
  • One-third of those projects have entered the tally posthumously.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Márquez is not the first author whose work has been published posthumously or against his wishes.
    — EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The honor is for living artists or can be awarded posthumously.
    — Beacon-News Staff, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Well over 50% of the medals that have been awarded have been awarded posthumously.
    — CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • Ledger was posthumously awarded an Oscar for the role.
    — Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The movie was released posthumously.
    — Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, 45% of this year's inductees will be honored posthumously.
    — Deborah Kim, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In more recent decades, Daniel has emerged posthumously as a bard of Brooklyn.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Well over 50 percent of the medals that have been awarded have been awarded posthumously.
    — CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • Takieddine died Tuesday in Beirut, and charges against him were dropped posthumously.
    — Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Coady was promoted to sergeant posthumously.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • So far 35 men and one woman have been inducted, a couple of them posthumously.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But now, eight years after his death, Bowie can posthumously add the milestone to his discography.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Trump posthumously awarded him the Medal of Freedom.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The other thing though, there's been immersive shows about Bowie and there's been so much about him already posthumously.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Here's a look at every Oscar winner who was honored posthumously.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
  • To honor the milestone, Aaron is being honored posthumously with a statue and a stamp.
    — Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • English is one of five who will be inducted posthumously in Kansas City.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The other collapsed and died in South Africa and tests on that person were performed posthumously.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • He was posthumously pardoned in 2010.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Each of the songs on the fifteen-track album has at least one collaborator, some of whom appear posthumously.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
  • They were posthumously pardoned in 2019.
    — News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And was Ozzy Osbourne showing up posthumously to give us/the (confused) kids one last scare rather apropos?
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Combs allegedly tried to change some of the terms of Wallace’s recording contract posthumously.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Then, right on cue, Voorhees opened up about the real reason Kilmer was allowed to posthumously perform in his movie.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Before his death, the 28-year-old had prepared a final message to be released posthumously.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Colvig was then posthumously inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The work was released posthumously and garnered attention as Aaliyah’s last creative project.
    — Makena Gera, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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