aftertime

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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

So would all the Achaean host have builded thee a barrow, yea and for thy son thou wouldst have won great glory in the aftertime.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

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 O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

Their happy spirits learned the chime Of its laughing voice and murmured rhyme— A joyous music for aftertime.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

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 Beazley, C. Raymond