How to Use follow in a Sentence

follow

verb

• The dog followed the children home.
• If one sheep goes through the gate, the rest will follow.
• The children went home and the dog followed behind.
• She followed us into the kitchen.
• First came the student speeches, and the presentation of awards followed.
• The exit is right this way. Just follow me.
• If you work hard, success will surely follow.
• Her accident was followed by a long period of recovery.
• Rioting followed the unjust verdict.
• The number 15 follows 14.
• Add some of the greens to each tortilla, followed by the meat and/or fish.
  — The View, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Near the end, the bear drops from view into a gully, and the moose follows at full speed.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
• The lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
  — Greg Garrison | , al, 1 Aug. 2023
• Her dancers follow from the ground like apostles, and the crowd takes in the entire spectacle with an air of awe.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
• The 39-year-old donned a white print bikini followed by a sparkly gold one that showed of her ultra-toned abs and arms on the beach.
  — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
• Catcher Jake Rogers followed with a two-run homer in his home state, roughly 350 miles from his hometown of Canyon, in the sixth.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
• Who’s Scheming Who? To find the answer, follow the money.
  — Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• During a performance, a dancer enters the drum space and challenges the player of the high-pitched drum to follow and mark his or her steps.
  — Javier E. Piñero, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
• Similar storms followed the days after, and the biggest pour of hail hit June ...
  — Evan Lasseter, ajc, 26 June 2023
• Easter is observed on the first Sunday following the Paschal full moon, which is the first full moon on or after the spring equinox.
  — USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
• Doors open at 7 p.m., Astoria State opens at 8 p.m. with the headliner to follow.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Five decades later — and following five years of left-wing rule — the panorama could not be more different.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• Ohio State topped the revenue chart with a cool $251.6 million of income followed by all the other usual suspects.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023
• Blisters Everywhere But over the next week, the blisters and the seeping spots that followed kept appearing.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• But the number of people following these groups on Telegram is many times larger.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
• Not one to rest on her laurels, Jaramillo has created nine new paintings that follow in the vein of her abstract work over six decades.
  — Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2023
• Both are followed by happy hours in the taproom, which Butcher says have helped a community form.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• And one of the Georgia state false electors has blamed Trump, saying his group was only following the orders of the commander-in-chief.
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• This method follows the lead of thinner skinned English cucumbers, which are shrink-wrapped in plastic.
  — Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 26 June 2023
• Last week, Chelsea called upon her online following to assist in brightening up her day.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024