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afterwards Preposition

— If something happens afterwards, it happens after the time that you are talking about.

afterwards

— adverb (= subsequently, later, afterward, after) happening at a time subsequent to a reference time he apologized subsequently he's going to the store but he'll be back here later it didn't happen until afterward two hours after that

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later then after subsequently later on next after that afterward thereafter behind thereupon since hereafter back accordingly whereupon from now on following consequently whereafter thus thence so presently posterior only then next time last in the sequel future after it when ulteriorly the next day tail subsequentially soon sithence shortly result rear view rear overtake late lastly last time in the rear in the future in future in due time

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after afterward afterwards later later on subsequently after that beyond that hence

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Simple sentences

Do you plan to join us for a drink afterwards?

To Bob's disappointment, several of those who had promised to help him afterwards backed out.

Afterwards a confirmatory email was sent.

I don't go to the movies alone because I like to talk to someone about the movie afterwards.

Afterwards, we went to Bethlehem to see the statues.

Afterwards I want to go to the hotel.

Do you already know whether you will go to the beach afterwards, and, if yes, when?

Tidying up is great, but it has the downside that one can never find anything afterwards!

She regretted it afterwards.

He regretted it afterwards.

It's better to laugh afterwards than to cry in advance!

Afterwards, he assumed a new identity.

We'll talk afterwards.

The worst comes afterwards.

Only afterwards did it hurt.

The church we went past crumbled five minutes afterwards due to a huge earthquake and more than a 100 churchgoers were buried alive.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

He will come afterwards.

Afterwards when they went out there was not a soul on the sea-front. The town with its cypresses had quite a deathlike air, but the sea still broke noisily on the shore.

The art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds to satisfy it afterwards.

Have a bath! You'll feel fresh and relaxed afterwards.

What happened afterwards?

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterwards.

Before tidying up, all my things were lying scattered about in their proper places; afterwards, everything was neatly arranged the devil knows where.

Come and see me afterwards.

He waited until ten and left shortly afterwards.

I'll tell you afterwards.

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Did you speak to him? Afterwards.

Oh, and now we know what they did for a little R and R afterwards.

Not long afterwards, Elsalill had a peculiar dream.

Not long afterwards, Mari was on her feet again --- thanks to Dame Margarete's tender care.

What can happen to us afterwards?

I'll come afterwards for the dancing.

You're always so exhausted afterwards.

Afterwards, he no belong to me no more.

And let him drive you into town afterwards.

Shoot first, ask questions afterwards.

We also talked afterwards.

Comes real trouble, I shoot first and ask questions afterwards.

Covering up afterwards is even finer.

Shall we go around afterwards and ask how she is?

Not long afterwards, Elsalill had a peculiar dream. She thought she saw her dead foster sister standing before her.

You don't have to tell her. You'll see her afterwards.

Shoot first and argue afterwards.

Afterwards the little father, the Czar had been down at the wine gardens!

I'd ask you to dine with me, but I have to go to a reception right afterwards.

Will you give him this afterwards?

Tom, all we did was to go to the theatre and then we went back to his apartment afterwards for a drink. That's all it was.

But he too has a mind alteration afterwards and goes on a killing spree.

Less trouble afterwards.

I realized afterwards they were plotting to seize the Bounty.

And you. afterwards. go. with me. to France.

And you too! Afterwards it's always a piece of cake!

Keep quiet! Afterwards it's always a piece of cake!

Afterwards you'll come to the Rue de Brea. -Exactly. Why do you come into the Rue de Brea?

But I helped carry the goods up afterwards.

Well, soon as the harvest is in, you're a migrant worker. Afterwards, just a bum.

Near Edgecombe, about 40 miles up channel about two months afterwards.

When I looked down, ages afterwards, it seemed, she was lying on the floor.

And set the body on fire afterwards.

But afterwards, I will come back and express my gratitude properly.

But immediately afterwards, when everyone has gone to bed. there is a murder. a fine, bloody murder.

We'll get married, and then we'll work out some way what we'll do afterwards.

And afterwards.

News and current affairs

It will almost certainly fail to achieve its immediate objectives; but it may open the door to serious progress afterwards.

Any video recordings of these sessions, not surprisingly, would be destroyed afterwards.

Only afterwards did a sense of proportion take hold, ironically by the Egyptian and Syrian leaders before anyone else.

Moreover, during Earth Hour, any significant drop in electricity demand will entail a reduction in CO2 emissions during the hour, but it will be offset by the surge from firing up coal or gas stations to restore electricity supplies afterwards.

Why not have George W. Bush, Putin, and the other leaders share a G-8 movie night, and then discuss their reactions over drinks afterwards?

Will the US mortgage market, which is expected to become even more difficult in 2008, subside into calm afterwards, or will it contaminate the whole international financial system?

The release of Anwar Ibrahim soon afterwards raised the new premier's prestige further as a leader who could heal intra-Malay, and intra-Muslim, conflicts.

Afterwards, he went to Vietnam, allegedly for discussions about the US Navy's use of Cam Ranh Bay, a major American base during the Vietnam War.

Of course, this won't take place before the 50th anniversary of Mao's revolution this October, but expect it soon afterwards.

Shortly afterwards, China blew up one of its satellites, immediately doubling the type of fine orbiting debris that is dangerous because it is hard to track.

His first return visit to his native country soon afterwards showed to all the world the new Pope's power.

That is the culture of the UN: believe the best of barbarians, do nothing to provoke controversy among superiors, and let others be the butt of criticism afterwards.

There was a flurry of press coverage when the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland was turned on, and again when it was shut down by a technical problem shortly afterwards.

Afterwards, he will go to China and South Korea.

Afterwards, the Commission will draft new merger control rules to replace the current ones which date back to 1990.

Soon afterwards, a consensus formed among many Asian leaders that broader cooperation and coordination was needed.

We now know that porn delivers rewards to the male brain in the form of a short-term dopamine boost, which, for an hour or two afterwards, lifts men's mood and makes them feel good in general.

Instead, Netanyahu stuck his fingers in America's eyes, counting on the Republicans' mid-term election victory to help him afterwards.

We found that, during the 1990-2001 period, but not afterwards, the earning announcements of good-governance firms were more likely to surprise both markets and analysts than the earning announcements of bad-governance firms.

Under the proposal, if you occasionally drive your car home from parties after drinking and argue with your spouse about it afterwards, you would have alcohol-use disorder.

So chastened by the trauma of June 4 was the Party leadership that, for several years afterwards, it was unclear if any reform would survive.

Of course, this wildly optimistic calculation assumes that nobody used more power afterwards.

Afterwards, many of my relatives, prosperous Indian merchants who had been settled in Myanmar for generations, abandoned homes and businesses in order to save their skins as chaos enveloped the city, later renamed Yangon.

Prior to Byrnes' speech, and for a while afterwards, America's allies were not keen to restore hope to the defeated Germans.

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