How to use posterity in a sentence

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• A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief.2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept. From the entry death-bearing
• He is buying it for his ‘anterity’ as well as for his posterity!1991, Carol Kidwell, Pontano: Poet & Prime Minister, Duckworth, →ISBN, page 283. From the entry anterity
• Puyas may be defined as sacred written records handed down to posterity by the forefathers of the Meiteis.2018 September 1, Madhu Chandra, “The Effects of the Burning of Meitei Puyas (The Sacred Writings of Manipur)”, in article. From the entry puya
• I'm doing my bit preserving them for posterity, and saving nicer ones from the ravages of banger racing."2016 January 2, Andrew B Roberts, quoting Jon Culshaw, “Jon Culshaw: Why I love old Fords”, in The Daily Telegraph. From the entry banger racing
• Heschel’s horizon looks to posterity, but it is rooted in what we might term “anterity,” the multifaceted layers of tradition.2016, Michael Marmur, Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry anterity
• His name, infamous now, would have an additional horror, and ever be remembered by posterity in unspeakable loathing, in unsoftening wrath.1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border. From the entry unsoftening
• But do we really want everything we’ve done online – offhand comments, camera-phone snaps or embarrassing surfing habits – to be preserved for posterity?2011 April 19, Sumit Paul-Choudhury, “Digital legacy: The fate of your online soul”, in NewScientist. From the entry preservationist
• Mr Clark, an unrepentant philanderer now gone to the knocking shop in the sky, recorded for posterity his liaisons with Valerie, Josephine and Alison Harkess.2004 June 12, Vikram Dodd, “Coven's footnote to Clark diaries”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry knocking shop
• The wooden surfaces of these desks also made a wonderful surface on which to scratch your name for all posterity: "I woz ere" being a favoured phrase.2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching. From the entry woz ere
• It’s a landscape that Titian, the Dolomites’ most famous native son and mountain lover, captured for posterity as a background to some of his greatest paintings.1993 May 9, Richard Wightman, “Dolomite Dreams: The Fantastical Peaks of Northern Italy”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry mountain lover
• You, you have been butchered, and will go down to posterity as ‘The man with the lily,’ etc., by Carola Dolci — such color — and sweetfulness.1925 October 11, John Jay Chapman, “Banked Fires (1918–1929)”, in M[ark] A[nthony] DeWolfe Howe, editor, John Jay Chapman and His Letters…. From the entry sweetfulness
• If he refused, another would have gone down to posterity as a greater than he in his own village; if he accepted, he stultified his own words.1902, Basil Thomson, “Westward Ho!”, in Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, pages…. From the entry on the horns of a dilemma

Meaning of posterity

1. noun All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
2. noun Future audiences, future times, future recognition.

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Questions about posterity in a sentence

How do you use posterity in a sentence?

Posterity is used as a noun. For example: “A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief.”

What is a short sentence with posterity?

“A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief.”

What does posterity mean?

Posterity means all the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.