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

King, who scored one point during the game, quipped afterward, “I’ll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The FBI monitored their meeting and interviewed both of them afterward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

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

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Not long afterward, they got an order telling them to return to the 586th.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein