- a variation of afterward.
afterwards
Example Sentences
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Parton’s solo career spanned equally divisive times, launching at the height of the Vietnam War and carrying on for everything that came afterwards.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
What he only realised afterwards was that he had been offered two links - one to buy the book, and another to a website where he was asked to enter payment details.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
But they had insufficient evidence and dropped the case against him some time afterwards.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Hume, who founded and leads the All Party Parliamentary Group on Wildfires, said she had since had "conversations with government about really getting them to look at how they support people affected by wildfires afterwards".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done; cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
