How to Use after in a Sentence

after

1 of 4 adverb

• He ate lunch and left just after.
• I expected her then, but she arrived the week after.
• Don't tell them until after.
• Not long after, shots were fired and the icon was dead.
  — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 10 Feb. 2020
• The next door is to the bathroom, so the one just after must be to the toilet.
  — Stephen O’Connor, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• Savelle left soon after, as did more than half the force.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 26 Apr. 2022
• The head of the audit team was forced out soon after, and the team was dispersed.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2019
• Soon after, he was seen on the field with his helmet on.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
• Not long after, the actress packed up her house and moved out.
  — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2022
• People can protest and then go out to lunch with their friends after.
  — Nikki Giovanni, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2020
• Not for a small subset of us, but for each of those who come after.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
• Thanks to all who came before, and who will come after.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 24 May 2022
• Soon after, her house was swept away by the fast moving flood.
  — Jessi Mitchell, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2021
• But the ensuing stress and strain will linger long after.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2022
• On the day after, workers across the city ignored their alarm clocks.
  — Collin Eaton, Houston Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
• Before that show and after, my life has never been the same.
  — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• Phillips said in the post that police found them soon after and drove them to their hotel.
  — Randy Tucker, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2018
• Some meats get grilled after, and others are served as is.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2023
• Soon after, the lights went out in the Canton High gym.
  — Lori Riley, courant.com, 10 Mar. 2021
• Soon after, calls came in about a fire at the Wineks’ home.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• The two men then tried to flee on foot, but were arrested soon after.
  — Robert Downen, Houston Chronicle, 16 June 2018
• Fruiting occurs after about eight to nine years of good growth.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 31 July 2021
• João showed up not long after, having swum back across the river.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• Soon after, customers couldn’t get enough of the pizza.
  — cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
• If that wasn’t bad enough, the baby gets punched a second time soon after.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2019
• But soon after, she was getting dressed for a walk and felt her back hurting.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2022
• Plus, switching it out once will remind you to change it back after.
  — Alex Abel, Allure, 26 Feb. 2022
• Soon after, Davis looks in the back of Brittain's truck.
  — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2022
• Cute disposable dinner plates are fun to use and make for an easy cleanup after.
  — Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored, 25 June 2020
• Not long after, it is said, Knopf broke a leg while skiing.
  — Dwight Garner, Esquire, 24 Jan. 2018

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after

2 of 4 preposition

• He left after an hour.
• How can you say that after what happened last night?
• He finished the exam after me.
• Call me after your arrival.
• He left just after nightfall.
• We arrived shortly after six o'clock.
• She was going to arrive tomorrow but I'm now expecting her the day after tomorrow instead.
• It's the highest mountain after Mount Everest.
• He returned after 20 years.
• The shocked Cadets tried to process the loss after the game.
  — Paul Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• The Harmons are hoping the two will keep the store open after them.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2022
• Protests rage after police shot a Black man in the back.
  — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2020
• If your wrists hurt after a long day, one of these could help.
  — Cnet, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2020
• While shrubs came back after a time, the mangroves did not.
  — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
• Police found them the next day in a vacant house south of the zoo after getting a tip.
  — Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
• Some reviewers note that the nose piece on this mask can feel tight after many hours.
  — Chloe Irving, Health.com, 23 Dec. 2021
• And some observers have questioned the value of the overture so long after the fact.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2022
• The junior quarterback was seen with his left arm in a sling after the game.
  — Jason Beede, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• Seton players and coaches went to greet her and hug her after the game.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2022
• The next time the agency heard from the family was after Kaitlyn died.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2020
• So everyone should go back and listen to that episode after this one.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
• Both men later turned around and left after being in the building for about five minutes.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2022
• Bradley was exposed to the deadly drug after an inmate snuck it into the county jail.
  — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022
• What made the traditions stick around even after most believers could read and write?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
• That number rose after officials were able to take more time to assess the damage.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2021
• If his dreams had taken the night train, and the train had crashed with none of them surviving, there was still life after death.
  — The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
• The mother called the police about 5 p.m. after Porter kicked in the door and entered with a gun.
  — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2022
• Minutes after the shooting, a third deputy starts to console Davis while still at the scene.
  — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2022
• The Lions moved up to draft Williams after a run started on wide receivers.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 29 Apr. 2022
• Some renters have waited more than four months after applying with no contact from the aid program.
  — Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2021

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after

3 of 4 adjective

• Indiana missed a point-after attempt that of course would’ve changed the math at the end of the game.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2020
• His snap was perfect, the point-after attempt was good and Olson got a big ovation.
  — Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 2 Sep. 2017
• The actor's post came with a series of photos from the process, including a before-and-after split of him on the show.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2022
• Glenelg mishandled the snap on the point-after attempt, however, and the Owls remained one score behind.
  — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 30 Sep. 2019
• While most celebs snapped at last night's Met Gala on the red carpet, many made sure to debut stunning looks at the after party as well.
  — Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, 7 May 2019
• The Shamrocks eventually scored on that drive, and the two receivers shared another hug in the end zone before the point-after attempt.
  — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 8 Dec. 2019
• Exotic was not available to comment on the numerous allegations made against him during the after show.
  — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2020
• Matt Bryant missed a point-after attempt with 1:53 left to play that would have tied the game.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 14 Oct. 2019
• For a fourth quarter point-after attempt, the Trojans sent out blind long snapper Jake Olson.
  — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 5 July 2019
• Earlier, in the second quarter, Al East had blocked a Ducks point-after attempt.
  — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2019
• Morstead conducted more than two dozen interviews during a day that began before dawn and didn't end until well after sunset.
  — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• An unsportsmanlike penalty forced a 35-yard point-after attempt, which was blocked at the line of scrimmage.
  — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 2 Nov. 2019
• The aftermath of their after-dark frenzy was captured in a video posted on Twitter by resident Ted Hunting.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2021
• Everything from the ceremony to the after party took place at the couple’s house in Bridgehampton, and the aesthetic was kept very natural and but elegant.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 31 July 2017
• Tickets for this production are $40 and $29 each for the after show party.
  — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
• Teams employ various strategies to compete for fans' sought-after entertainment dollars.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• But, even with the couple ditching the after show party together, as well as the photographic proof of a friendship between the two women, everyone is still focusing on those pesky love triangle rumors.
  — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, 26 Feb. 2019
• So their before-and-after pictures show really dramatic improvements.
  — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 4 May 2018
• Kicker Brandon McManus misses the point-after attempt … but there’s an off-side penalty on Chicago.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019
• And, conveniently, a number of states changed the minimum wage during the period the researchers were studying, providing a before-and-after experiment.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2020
• Here's a before-and-after look at marijuana shops across Anchorage, some of which have transformed more dramatically than others.
  — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2018
• Such alliances are key in the advertising industry, where buying smaller rivals or forming partnerships can be one of the only ways to bring in much sought-after information-technology talent.
  — Grace Huang, Bloomberg.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• But some book details, coupled with a behind-the-scenes interview with the showrunners, hint that this may not wind up being the happily-ever-after start of a new family that Cersei is envisioning.
  — Joanna Robinson, vanityfair.com, 13 Aug. 2017
• On Wednesday, the fitness influencer posted an Instagram before-and-after photo showing her postpartum body.
  — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• The ThunderWolves point-after attempt was unsuccessful for the second straight time, keeping the score at 19-0.
  — Wells Dusenbury, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• In the game’s final minute, Cleveland had a chance to tie the game with a late touchdown and point-after attempt, but four pass attempts from goal-to-go distance ended with a Baker Mayfield end zone interception.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2019
• In response to the video, McKinnon and a colleague from Tibet worked to find satellite images that would provide a better before-and-after look at the region, but geopolitical tensions made the task difficult.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2017
• Her colorist, Jack Martin, revealed this and more in his latest Instagram post, which shows a before-and-after look at Osbourne's transformation.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 18 Feb. 2020
• Alexander Woznick missed his point-after attempt following Samuel's opening touchdown and was well short on a 42-yard attempt that could have pulled the Gamecocks within one score in the fourth quarter.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 16 Sep. 2017
• The Fed's key rate is at a still-low range of 1 percent to 1.25 percent after two quarter-point rate increases this year, in March and June.
  — Martin Crutsinger, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017

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after

4 of 4 noun

• The before is on the left, and my after is on the right.
  — Caroline Manzo, Woman's Day, 5 Feb. 2015
• The Knights had the point-after kick blocked but grabbed the early lead.
  — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 5 Mar. 2021
• The shuttered brick mills next to the falls are now sought-after lofts and condos.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• And in the after sits an even more beautiful young man.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• My childhood would always have a line drawn through it, the before and the after.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2018
• Those who wish to may pet the horses in the stable after, or talk to their riders.
  — Chicago Reader, 22 June 2017
• Here are a few vineyards on Pritchard Hill that are the most sought-after.
  — Nicole Fritton, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Nov. 2019
• Also, the lines for the bathrooms will be much shorter, and the after-show beers much cheaper.
  — Michael Calore, Wired, 17 May 2021
• As Khan completes the last leg of the tour, even his after-show merch puts his borough at the forefront.
  — Lisa Brown, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2017
• At the after end, the hulls flare out to make more space for cabins on the accommodations level.
  — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2023
• Lincoln scored on the final play of the game to tie the score then kicked the game-winning point-after to secure the victory.
  — Bill Lumpkin Iii, al, 30 Sep. 2021
• It was written in the after-roar of one war, with another boiling up on the horizon.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
• The reds are sought-after, prestigious and often high-priced.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2017
• Nobody told me the real after-effects of student loans.
  — cleveland, 31 July 2021
• The ability to adapt is a quality which is highly sought-after in the modern game, and the twins have that in spades.
  — SI.com, 19 July 2017
• The men who’ve beaten the life out of their opponents before a bloodthirsty crowd are never the same after.
  — Greg Moore, azcentral, 23 July 2019
• There will be vendors, food and an after party with a dance performance.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
• Google knows that happy employees who feel safe and looked-after work harder and stay longer.
  — Peter Jones, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2017
• An important word to note in the day-after disappointment.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2021
• Read reviews, look at images of before and afters, and choose your artist wisely.
  — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2016
• First-timers may be surprised by all of the after care a tattoo requires—both in the immediate and the long-term.
  — Brigitt Earley, womenshealthmag.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• My body was a before, but wedding dresses were only for afters.
  — Olivia Muenter, Glamour, 13 May 2020
• Check out the rest of the amazing before and afters below, and gather up some serious home inspo.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 19 Apr. 2019
• Splitting things in two also allowed Benton to make a quick change for the after-parties.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 4 May 2022
• The faint after-smells—much like the lingering presence of a downpour—were important to her.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2022
• On Thanksgiving, the furcula is much sought-after to make a wish.
  — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2021
• Bad songs can be double offenders, first with their lyrics and then their after-effects.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 July 2022
• Martin guitars, once available cheap in yard sales, were now much sought-after.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2020
• Tannehill rarely puts receivers in position to get run-after-catch yards.
  — Omar Kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• In the after, Brayonna had learned to become more than a parent to her daughter.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024