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aftertime

[af-ter-tahym, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌtaɪm, ˈɑf- /




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I understand where she’s coming from, but the bottom line is that they’ve showed us time aftertime that they can’t be trusted.

From Time Nov. 23, 2011

It was his refuge in that aftertime, in which a subsiding grief often leaves a deeper sense of isolation.

From Life and Letters of Robert Browning by Robert Browning

It will be a sorrow to thyself in the aftertime if thou slayest me who am a minstrel, and sing before gods and men.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang

This treasure has disappeared, but it was said by men of Henry's day and aftertime, who saw it in the monastery of Alçobaça, to show "as much or more discovered in time past than now."

From Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by C. Raymond Beazley

At the wide-open welcoming door she stands, peering amid the squall of snow; and there in the center of the blur of light stands Tim the messenger, in aftertime the ruin of Dan Regan's fortunes.

From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien




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