afterward
Example Sentences
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Eyewitness accounts can restore the missing parts of the story, including what happens afterward.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The baby was born on Aug. 12, and Gilkar and Ahmed agreed to several planned surgeries shortly afterward.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
You saw an unfocused and unbothered bunch who, afterward, seemed mainly perplexed by their lack of execution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Rather than allowing conditions to calm after one storm passes, another arrives soon afterward, creating a longer and potentially more damaging period of severe weather.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Until then, the idea of being a code breaker had never occurred to Davis, but afterward she signed up for a course in the subject.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
