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
  • The rest of the New England complex came down not long thereafter.
    — Larry Millett, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • And for the reasons described above, any dip in stocks, thereafter, was a buy.
    — Bryan Rich, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • 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
  • One bird died shortly thereafter, and the other one flew off.
    — Luc-Christophe Guillerm, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • The Taliban rule came to an end in 2001, and thereafter women's rights began to progress.
    — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Very soon thereafter, early in the morning on Nov. 9, Palmer Mario Poincenot was born.
    — Jeremy Poincenot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • One of the teens ran from the car but was arrested shortly thereafter, and the other two stayed inside the car.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2021
  • For the third straight game, the Ragin’ Cajuns scored in the first inning but had few highlights thereafter.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 19 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • And soon thereafter, four people walking in New York were knifed, one died.
    — ABC News, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Soon thereafter, the army constructed Fort Cronkhite on the Marin headlands.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Cabello left the group in 2016 and launched her own solo career thereafter.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There’s humor in the script’s observation of the absurd degree to which celebrities are indulged, like the slice of cheesecake that keeps turning up because Jay once requested it and thereafter it was written into his rider.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025

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