Example sentences for: posterity

How can you use “posterity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He will live into posterity on the strength of the five films he made with the great German director Werner Herzog, Fitzcarraldo and particularly Aguirre, Wrath of God ; his Aguirre, the languidly nihilistic martinet who leads an Amazon expedition toward nothingness, is one of the great human monsters in movie history.

  • But two new biographies argue that while the outline of Austen's life is pretty much what we thought, posterity has colored it in all wrong, and Austen's own relatives are largely to blame.

  • By the 17th century, Évora had lost influence and development came to a halt, preserving the city’s distinctive 16th-century palácios for posterity.

  • Jones The Meat, Dai Scab and Evans Above should be preserved for posterity, says a leading sociologist.

  • "The message the House sent to our posterity is that Mr. Clinton's behavior is immoral and wrong," he argued.


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