there follows

idiom

formal
: then comes : then there is
The war ended. There followed a long period of rebuilding.

Examples of there follows in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Below, there follows a list of all the relevant prohibitions. Mark Deeks, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022 Somebody’s Daughter, Ford’s first memoir, opens with a letter her father sent her from prison and from there follows a vulnerable and lyrical account of the writer’s journey growing up as a poor Black girl in Indiana. Niema Jordan, Essence, 2 June 2021 Yet, once the protagonist Vellitt Boe leaves her capricious, cruel fantasy realm behind, there follows a panegyric to this world. Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021 But for many people like Juarez, who survive a physical bout with the disease, there follows a host of mental health issues that are harder to understand. Aidin Vaziri, SFChronicle.com, 5 Dec. 2020

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“There follows.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20follows. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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