Examples of afterword in a Sentence
The novel has a foreword by an eminent critic and an afterword by the author herself.
the author included an afterword about developments in cancer treatment since the book was written
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Reviewed: Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill, with an afterword by Lena Dunham
New York Review Books, 232 pp., $16.95 (paper)
Vivian Gornick
Vivian Gornick is the author, most recently, of Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time.
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Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 27 Feb. 2025
As part of his daily routine, Combs, 55, is woken up for breakfast at 7 a.m. and afterwords has time to exercise in a room with yoga mats and a small basketball hoop, or to hang in a communal space with a ping-pong table and a TV.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
Her only other book, Airless Spaces, was published in 1998 by the small radical publisher Semiotext(e); it was reissued earlier this year, with an introduction by Chris Kraus and an afterword by Susan Faludi.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
In the life of a Witch, there is no ‘after’ in the ‘ever after’ of a Witch there is no ‘happily;’ in the story of a Witch, there is no afterword.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
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Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 27 Feb. 2025
As part of his daily routine, Combs, 55, is woken up for breakfast at 7 a.m. and afterwords has time to exercise in a room with yoga mats and a small basketball hoop, or to hang in a communal space with a ping-pong table and a TV.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
Her only other book, Airless Spaces, was published in 1998 by the small radical publisher Semiotext(e); it was reissued earlier this year, with an introduction by Chris Kraus and an afterword by Susan Faludi.
—Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
In the life of a Witch, there is no ‘after’ in the ‘ever after’ of a Witch there is no ‘happily;’ in the story of a Witch, there is no afterword.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for afterword
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“Afterword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/afterword. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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