shortly after

phrase

: soon after

Shortly after she hung up, the phone rang again.

Examples of shortly after in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Levy originally conceived the idea for Spirit of America shortly after the September 11 attacks as a way to showcase American history, traditions, landmarks. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026

However, that excitement took an unexpected turn shortly after the first phones reached customers. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Then a second wave moved to open-weight models shortly after and in rapid fashion. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Frost was a regular visitor to Condon Park and was known in the Grass Valley skateboarding community, police said shortly after his death. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for shortly after

• hereinafter
• thereinafter
• drafter
• laughter
• rafter
• hereafter
• thereafter