hindsight

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But they were important component parts of it, and in hindsight, they told us something important: that women were showing up, online and off, advocating for themselves and each other.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

My generation got to witness all three in their prime, but only in hindsight can we fully appreciate their accomplishments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Instead, they attempt to judge plan investment results with improper second-guessing in hindsight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“In hindsight I would rather we’d never have gone,” Atkinson told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Cayley is a minor but not insignificant figure in the history of science and technology; but there is no doubt that our sense of his significance derives entirely from hindsight.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton