ever after
idiom
old-fashioned
: from that time forward
She remembered him fondly ever after.
The fairy tale ended by saying that the characters in the story lived happily ever after.
—the phrase live happily ever after is also used to describe real people who are being compared in some way to characters in a fairy taleHis biography tells the story of a poor boy who grew up to be a millionaire and lived happily ever after.
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Now, on this season of The Bachelor, Ellis is finally getting his happily ever after.
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
In the life of a Witch, there is no ‘after’ in the ‘ever after’ of a Witch there is no ‘happily;’ in the story of a Witch, there is no afterword.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
Cinderella Cinderella stories begin with a bad situation that initially improves for the protagonist, then hits an emotional descent but concludes with a happily ever after.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
An upcoming 2025 Korean drama, The Divorce Insurance, puts a comic spin on the odds that love may need some detours before achieving happily ever after.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
In the life of a Witch, there is no ‘after’ in the ‘ever after’ of a Witch there is no ‘happily;’ in the story of a Witch, there is no afterword.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
Cinderella Cinderella stories begin with a bad situation that initially improves for the protagonist, then hits an emotional descent but concludes with a happily ever after.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
An upcoming 2025 Korean drama, The Divorce Insurance, puts a comic spin on the odds that love may need some detours before achieving happily ever after.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ever after
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“Ever after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20after. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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