adverb
definition
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
Examples of afterward in a Sentence
What became of him afterward our friends never knew.
A few days afterward the man came again.
Lightning flashed so bright that the room lit up, and shortly afterward it thundered so loud that the windows rattled.
Afterward he left, shutting the door with force.
Several weeks afterward, there came a visitor to the home of the Wests.
But Mombi was still my grandfather's jailor, and afterward my father's jailor.
The cession was made soon afterward by the territorial government.
Afterward they moved Darcie's things to Bordeaux's ranch.
He told me afterward, he liked firmness in an old man, and was pleased to see Mr M'Lean so orthodox.
It was afterward placed on the loftiest pinnacle of the Tower of London.
The garlic naan 's are great - just be prepared for people to avoid talking to you for a few hours afterward!
Why gospel ordinances are thus signified, I may show more particularly afterward.
Bring your own placards, make a splash, we're also planning a party afterward, details out soon.
Your dog eats cat poop, but you still let her kiss you (but not immediately afterward, of course ).
To be really posh you could buy two, one for the wash down afterward.
Then came teatime and bedtime as quickly as possible afterward.
The family consisted of my father and mother, two older half-brothers, and, afterward, a little sister, Mildred.
Afterward, you can introduce a new kitten into the household.
Afterward, this same vet admitted to me that he didn't know anything about Valley Fever, and he wants me to put my dog through a surgery.
Shortly afterward, the United States began a discreet dialog with the PLO, which ushered in a hopeful peace process.
The empty purses were afterward found in the pocket of the Bishop of the Diocese!
Question & Answers Q My partner occasionally hits me, the last time was 8 months ago, but he was very remorseful afterward.
Directly afterward his voice resounded in the corridor, with others talking Arabic, by which she knew that he had friends on board.
Nevil Maskelyne, afterward astronomer royal, became curate of Barnet in 1755.
Soon afterward Tranmere survived the first major scare in their own goal-mouth.
The present chapel was opened in 1861, and a large schoolroom and minister's house were afterward added.
Soon afterward he married Marjory Davidson, a young Scottish schoolteacher.
But directly afterward the impudent scoundrel who had taken hold of my arm came up and began to speak to the chamberlain in German.
He began developing a series of float seaplanes soon afterward and produced four streamlined float planes.
After just a few months he had reached the rank of sergeant and shortly afterward he became a second lieutenant.
Afterward he ventured out upon the little hanging gallery with the solitary sentinel.
Got totally shitfaced afterward, which of course I don't do now.
Hatfield had served his time as a working silversmith, but afterward enlisted in the fifteenth Light Dragoons.
Tiny flakes can stick to fingers so avoid rubbing the eyes or exposing sensitive skin when handling the material and wash hands thoroughly afterward.
Not soon afterward another pupil came along, and gave the boy I was sitting next to a great big smirk.
They may well have decided to have a nice mutton stew afterward.
Afterward there was an argument between Jason and his friend as they realized the stupidity of what they had done.
For many months afterward I expected her to come into Mother's living room, smiling and wearing her white Irish tweed suit.
It is one of the hardiest tree ferns and in the wild it is tolerant of fire and re-shoots readily afterward.
Remember you will have to store leftover turkey in the fridge afterward.
Some one may just link two accounts in order to complete a particular operation at a lower price and then unlink them afterward.
Shortly afterward, the voters in Holland expressed the same view by an even larger majority 58% to 42% .
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Afterward, he reflects on a job that involves 90 minutes of being called a Judas wanker by the best part of 20,000 people.
He worked as a teacher, a carpenter and a farmer; studied for a time at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute at Hiram, Ohio, which afterward became Hiram College, and finally entered Williams College.
In 1786 a convention, to which delegates from all the states of the Union were invited, was called to meet in Annapolis to consider measures for the better regulation of commerce (see Alexandria, Va.); but delegates came from only five states (New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware), and the convention - known afterward as the "Annapolis Convention," - without proceeding to the business for which it had met, passed a resolution calling for another convention to meet at Philadelphia in the following year to amend the articles of confederation; by this Philadelphia convention the present Constitution of the United States was framed.
The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it and Laura Bridgman had dressed it; but I did not know this until afterward.
So perfect is this instinct, that once, when I had laid them on the leaves again, and one accidentally fell on its side, it was found with the rest in exactly the same position ten minutes afterward.
I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.
Afterward he purred with pleasure / He looked back on the evening with great satisfaction.