POSTERIOR in a Sentence

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I waxed old in misery and disgrace, having only one-half of my posteriors, and always remembering I was a Pope's daughter.

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 Meanings and Examples of POSTERIOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
posterior
 a.  later in time; later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; located behind
Classic Sentence:
1  It should be added, that the foundation of the Society of the Rights of Man seems to have been posterior to the date when this paper was found.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ...
2  He gathered her lovely, heavy posteriors one in each hand and pressed them in towards him in a frenzy, quivering motionless in the rain.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  I waxed old in misery and disgrace, having only one-half of my posteriors, and always remembering I was a Pope's daughter.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XII
Example Sentence:
1  The posterior leg pairs were slightly longer than those preceding it, giving the creature a pronounced trough between its 'back' and the vertically oriented front end.