How to Use thereafter in a Sentence

thereafter

adverb
  • Thereafter, the two companies operated in full partnership.
  • But the actress was the one who made the first move thereafter.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Sure enough, a short time thereafter, the Dow saw its largest tumble of the year.
    — WSJ, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Those KWs were priced at $2 per hour for the first two hours, and $4 per hour thereafter.
    — Tom Davenport, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • But the wheels began to come off that scheme not long thereafter.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 May 2023
  • The Aztecs seemed to be driving with the parking brake on thereafter.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Soon thereafter, starving, Cage yanks the dead rat from the ground and holds it to his teeth, about to take a bite.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 May 2024
  • Not long thereafter, La’Darius Jefferson plunged over the goal line to even the score at 7.
    — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Did that make Bellinger more of a focal point thereafter?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Shortly thereafter, Judd said things went silent and the suspect came out of the house with his hands up.
    — Staff, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Two episodes will be released in the first week with new episodes released one at a time thereafter.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Shortly thereafter someone threw a metal beer can that struck Leahey on the back of the head, the suit said.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • For several years thereafter, the awards ping-ponged between the Shrine and the Dorothy Chandler.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The first two episodes of the season will drop on that date with new episodes dropping weekly thereafter.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The House passed the deal at the end of December and the Senate followed shortly thereafter.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Trump spoke with De Oliviera by phone for three and a half minutes shortly thereafter.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 July 2023
  • The trio soon thereafter returned to Guatemala, where Blackmon spent most of his childhood.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Smash Hits by Rodgers & Hart was the first to receive the treatment in 1939, and recording artists thereafter followed suit.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Neighbors were tickled when the house was bought in 1998 and flattened not long thereafter.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
  • Soon thereafter, the army constructed Fort Cronkhite on the Marin headlands.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2021
  • And, hopefully, they'll be added to the new edition of the Guinness Book of World Records shortly thereafter.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • As a 13-year-old living in Paradise Hills, he was threatened and beat up by a gang and was home schooled thereafter.
    — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Not long thereafter, the decision was taken out of their hands.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2023
  • White’s fourth novel, but the first written in Australia, The Tree of Man (1955), is suffused with such themes and sets the tone for his work thereafter.
    — Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The first two episodes will become available to stream on that date followed by one episode per week thereafter.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The footage, played at the sentencing, showed one crew member leave the car and return shortly thereafter.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Some spots will dip into the 50s by sunset or a little thereafter.
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Ball-handling thereafter was shared, and forward Bryce Nze helped against UIndy’s press.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Burns was sent to minor-league camp shortly thereafter.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The Oaks Bluff Police Department first responded to the call, and alerted the state police, who arrived shortly thereafter.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 25 Mar. 2025

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