hereupon

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Hereupon a cello string snapped with an indescribably violent report on the stage, and Leopold looked sadly at his rebellious, vanishing troupe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hereupon the president was contented the fort should be palisadoed, the ordnance mounted, his men armed and exercised.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Hereupon they shifted into wings, and made way for the footmen to come forward.

From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John

Hereupon folk had begun to ask one another: What about the Kerrs' title?

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

Hereupon he was caused much embarrassment and discomfiture, for of the three girls, he knew not which one was Irene.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar