How to Use hindsight in a Sentence

hindsight

noun

• It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.
• In hindsight, all the items need to be fixed at some point.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• In hindsight, the first episode tees us up well for the second.
  — David Klion, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2020
• In hindsight that kind of thinking made me a lot freer.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2018
• In hindsight, the joke was of very poor taste and a mistake on my part.
  — Emily McFarlan Miller, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• So there was a lot of mixed emotions in hindsight about him.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• In hindsight, the timing for the name change was perfect.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2021
• In hindsight, the change had less to do with vibes, and more to do with technique.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2021
• This is a tough pick to make — even with the benefit of hindsight.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 26 Apr. 2018
• In hindsight, that game was a harbinger of things to come.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 4 Dec. 2022
• In hindsight, what were the most important factors to you at the time?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
• If this were in court a year from now, a judge would have the benefit of hindsight.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2020
• But with the gift of hindsight, Hoy said the delay proved to be a blessing.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
• In hindsight, that would almost be too cute for the movie that follows.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2021
• But there were things in hindsight that Schulz said should have raised red flags.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2020
• In the hindsight of their escapes, the moments of this night would take new meaning.
  — Travis Scott, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2021
• Moreschi says, in hindsight, the warning signs were there.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2017
• In hindsight, the signs of cheating are often pretty easy to spot.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 23 Aug. 2023
• In hindsight, maybe the Cone pick wouldn’t be made today.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 June 2021
• In hindsight, those numbers plus the subtle fatigue that set in were a sign.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• In hindsight, that should have been a gigantic red flag.
  — Chris Selley, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2022
• That there was a scandal like this seems, in hindsight, to have been inevitable.
  — Julian Wheatland For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 19 Aug. 2019
• In hindsight, my co-founder and I disagree on this point.
  — Doug Ladden, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
• His words, moving at the time, are all the more powerful in hindsight.
  — Barbara McQuade, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
• The young teen claims that, in hindsight, there were other warning signs.
  — Will Steakin, ABC News, 26 May 2022
• In hindsight, yesterday looked like a pretty good time to get a few things done.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 1 June 2022
• Things can change with great speed, even if in hindsight the big picture doesn’t change at all.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 7 June 2018
• In hindsight, the Cowboys should have gotten this deal done two years ago.
  — Mark Dunphy, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2021
• This is an assessment that can be made only in hindsight.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
• In hindsight, this shouldn’t have been all that surprising.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024