afterward

Example Sentences

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What grows back afterward is often shrubland, not forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 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

The abolition law of 1794 was pushed through despite, not because of, Robespierre, and soon afterward he accused his former friends of having passed a decree “whose likely result was the loss of our colonies.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Soon afterward, Maggie moved out of the Greeleys’ townhome to her own tiny apartment on New York’s Barclay Street.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock