afterward

Example Sentences

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If the company insists that this is a separate problem, ask them to explain why a toilet that functioned one way before the repair and another way immediately afterward should attract a second diagnostic fee.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The last time Stewart threw live batting practice, he aggravated the injury by running afterward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

But in a post on X afterward, he called the story “fake news on steroids.”

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

In Los Angeles, for example, the earliest sunrise occurs before the solstice, while the latest sunset takes place afterward.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Afraid he would say, “There’ll be someone else soon,” and that forever afterward this untruth would lie between us.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom