How to Use shortly after in a Sentence

shortly after

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• The Stars took the lead shortly after.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 22 Mar. 2026
• All four crew members shared a group hug shortly after.
  — Ryan Brennan april 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
• France got its first goal of the game shortly after the start of the second half.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
• All dates sold out shortly after going on sale.
  — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2025
• This dish is best enjoyed shortly after it’s made.
  — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• The flag was not thrown on the field, but the play went to a review shortly after.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
• The police chief touched the gun and his wife’s body shortly after the shot was fired.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
• The fraud emerged shortly after the rate increase.
  — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
• The strike appears to have taken place shortly after the girl's school was hit.
  — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 8 Mar. 2026
• At some stage in that sequence, or shortly after, Mum died, alone.
  — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
• The pair announced their breakup shortly after the show wrapped later that month.
  — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
• But his shot was stopped, and shortly after he was ruled offside, anyway.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
• Watts began menopause shortly after the birth of her second child.
  — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
• The scene was filmed and sent out on social media shortly after the arrests were made.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Twin Cities, 17 Mar. 2026
• Laura withdrew her son from the school shortly after the report was filed.
  — Maya Rosenberg, NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
• District leadership was called, some of whom showed up to the school shortly after.
  — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
• The clerk agreed to take the dog, but gave it away to a good Samaritan shortly after.
  — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
• However, the on-screen star rendered her bob era no more shortly after the film wrapped.
  — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
• Practice began shortly after the track was cleared.
  — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
• Paramedics responded shortly after and declared the man dead at the scene.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
• In most cases the hairs fall out of the grafts shortly after transplant and don’t regrow for about three months.
  — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
• Wright added that energy prices, which have spiked since the war began, will ease shortly after the war ends.
  — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
• Sablik signed on shortly after Boom!
  — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• Milano shot back shortly after.
  — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
• Cator succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after.
  — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
• The woman died shortly after being removed from the car.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
• Knecht started off the season super hot from 3-point range and tailed off shortly after.
  — Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
• Spoelstra arrived at the scene shortly after the plane landed.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
• Despite her defense, the video was taken down shortly after.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
• Plummer agreed to terms on a contract with the team shortly after the draft concluded.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024