Examples of sentences with the word after

• «The storm abated»; «The rain let up after a few hours»

• «after many years the rose bushes grew together»

• «Were you hurting after the accident?»

• «actually, we all help clear up after a meal»; «actually, I haven’t seen the film»; «I’m not all that surprised actually»; «she hasn’t proved to be too satisfactory, actually»

• «the road twists sharply after the light»; «turn sharp left here»; «the visor was acutely peaked»; «her shoes had acutely pointed toes»

• «after the storm the boats were adrift»

• «The home team was gaining ground»; «after defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference»; «win points»

• «John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired»; «Women tend not to advance in the major law firms»; «I got promoted after many years of hard work»

• «and Jill came tumbling after«

• «he apologized subsequently»; «he’s going to the store but he’ll be back here later»; «it didn’t happen until afterward»; «two hours after that»

• «came to the party after all»; «it didn’t rain after all»

• «after all, she is your boss, so invite her»; «he is, after all, our president»

• «he often worked after hours»

• «was all in at the end of the day»; «so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere»; «bushed after all that exercise»; «I’m dead after that long trip»

• «I allow for this possibility»; «The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash»

• «Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me»; «It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves»

• «the antis smelled victory after a long battle»

• «his final, straining burst of speed»; «a strenuous task»; «your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here»- F.D.Roosevelt

• «She arrived home at 7 o’clock»; «She didn’t get to Chicago until after midnight»

• «after he published his book, he had arrived»; «I don’t know whether I can make it in science!»; «You will go far, my boy!»

• «He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town»; «he usurped my rights»; «She seized control of the throne after her husband died»

• «She ascended to the throne after the King’s death»

• «his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular»; «after that failure he lost his confidence»; «she spoke with authority»

• «the house is available after July 1″; «2000 square feet of usable office space»

• «we paid back everything we had borrowed»; «he hit me and I hit him back»; «I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher»

• «my throat feels bad»; «she felt bad all over»; «he was feeling tough after a restless night»

• «after we relaxed, we just kidded around»

• «after drinking too much, the students vomited»; «He purged continuously»; «The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night»

• «a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered»; «ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name»; «the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder»; «a huge prison battue was ordered»

• «They named their son David»; «The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader»

• «This kind of work exhausts me»; «I’m beat»; «He was all washed up after the exam»

• «The DMZ begins right over the hill»; «The second movement begins after the Allegro»; «Prices for these homes start at $250,000»

• «He downed three martinis before dinner»; «She killed a bottle of brandy that night»; «They popped a few beer after work»

• «he played best after a couple of martinis»

• «they divorced after the birth of the child»; «his election signaled the birth of a new age»

• «after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite»

• «we had a good time at the party»; «celebrating after the game was a blast»

• «Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another to loud applause»

• «bloody-minded tyrants»; «bloodthirsty yells»; «went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood»-G.W.Johnson

• «gloomy at the thought of what he had to face»; «gloomy predictions»; «a gloomy silence»; «took a grim view of the economy»; «the darkening mood»; «lonely and blue in a strange city»; «depressed by the loss of his job»; «a dispirited and resigned expression on her face»; «downcast after his defeat»; «feeling discouraged and downhearted»

• «after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point»

• «The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds»

• «a fruitless search»; «futile years after her artistic peak»; «a sleeveless errand»; «a vain attempt»

• «The rubber ball bounced»; «These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide»

• «he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists»; «after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality»

• «The clouds broke after the heavy downpour»

• «The engine finally went»; «The car died on the road»; «The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town»; «The coffee maker broke»; «The engine failed on the way to town»; «her eyesight went after the accident»

• «The business partners broke over a tax question»; «The couple separated after 25 years of marriage»; «My friend and I split up»

• «The country is disunifying»; «Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989″

• «after the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away»

• «the building crumbled after the explosion»; «Negotiations broke down»

• «after 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc»

• «the social dislocations resulting from government policies»; «his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London»

• «The sky cleared after the storm»

• «she walked briskly in the cold air»; «`after lunch,’ she said briskly»

• «His stomach bulged after the huge meal»

• «after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit»

• «after an ominous caesura the preacher continued»

• «after two raises there was a call»

• «after the fight both men need to cool off.»; «It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.»

• «after he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized»

• «I can deal with this crew of workers»; «This blender can’t handle nuts»; «She managed her parents’ affairs after they got too old»

• «The troops carried the town after a brief fight»

• «divide the cake into three equal parts»; «The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I»

• «after 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia»

• «She naps everyday after lunch for an hour»

• «The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in»

• «They were feting the patriarch of the family»; «after the exam, the students were celebrating»

• «Father had to learn how to change the baby»; «after each guest we changed the bed linens»

• «a changeable climate»; «the weather is uncertain»; «unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other»

• «changed attitudes»; «changed styles of dress»; «a greatly changed country after the war»

• «after the second episode, she had to be committed»; «he was committed to prison»

• «Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves»

• «The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm»

• «church a woman after childbirth»

• «after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years»

• «clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat»

• «Sales were climbing after prices were lowered»

• «after that mistake he was under a cloud»

• «after much cogitation he rejected the offer»

• «a lucid thinker»; «she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident»

• «petroleum oils coke after distillation»

• «Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan»

• «water or electricity came on again after the earthquake»

• «The patient came to quickly»; «She revived after the doctor gave her an injection»

• «John compared his haircut to his friend’s»; «We compared notes after we had both seen the movie»

• «he had become complacent after years of success»; «his self-satisfied dignity»

• «The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose»

• «after some discussion we finally made up»

• «I condition my hair after washing it»

• «the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme»

• «the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise»; «his decision had depressing consequences for business»; «he acted very wise after the event»

• «a consolidation of two corporations»; «after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously»; «the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them»

• «Our advertisements reach millions»; «He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia»

• «The demonstration continued after a break for lunch»

• «We cannot continue several servants any longer»; «She retains a lawyer»; «The family’s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff»; «Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on»; «We kept the work going as long as we could»; «She retained her composure»; «this garment retains its shape even after many washings»

• «after graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser»; «Stay with me, please»; «despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year»; «She continued as deputy mayor for another year»

• «do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol»; «control the lever»

• «after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better»

• «The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect»; «The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet»

• «it should arrive any day now»; «after that day she never trusted him again»; «those were the days»; «these days it is not unusual»

• «The men were deactivated after five years of service»

• «she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident»; «in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away»

• «after the revolution, food distribution was decentralized»

• «Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People’s Republic of China»

• «We finally decided after lengthy deliberations»

• «He relaxed in the hot tub»; «Let’s all relax after a hard day’s work»

• «the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze»

• «The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air»; «Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man»

• «rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner»- Edmund Wilson

• «She tends to put down younger women colleagues»; «His critics took him down after the lecture»

• «fever resulted from becoming dehydrated»; «was dehydrated after the marathon»

• «the basement was inundated after the storm»; «The images flooded his mind»

• «She wants to leave»; «The teenager left home»; «She left her position with the Red Cross»; «He left the Senate after two terms»; «after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes»

• «the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period»

• «You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done»

• «The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion»

• «after the trial he gave us the real details»

• «after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued»

• «a detectable note of sarcasm»; «he continued after a perceptible pause»

• «after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter»; «in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen»

• «her resistance melted under his charm»; «her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance»

• «Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children»

• «The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting»

• «our department was dismembered when our funding dried up»; «The Empire was discerped after the war»

• «unplug the hair dryer after using it»

• «the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31″

• «a reluctance to commit himself»; «his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition»; «after some hesitation he agreed»

• «The material disintegrated»; «the group disintegrated after the leader died»

• «They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock»

• «I was dismissed after I gave my report»

• «they took dismissive action after the third violation»

• «The company dumped him after many years of service»; «She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man»

• «The couple divorced after only 6 months»

• «Is your husband working again?»; «My wife never worked»; «Do you want to work after the age of 60?»; «She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money»; «She works as a waitress to put herself through college»

• «certain to make history before he’s done»; «it’s a done deed»; «after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up»; «almost through with his studies»

• «the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy»

• «The material drew after it was washed in hot water»

• «after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off»

• «The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test»

• «She hasn’t heard from her brother in years—he dropped out after moving to California»

• «after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing»

• «after the violent argument he felt empty»

• «after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime»; «empty-bellied children»

• «She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime»; «The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I»

• «after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors»

• «A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant»

• «the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles»

• «after the earthquake, residents were evacuated»

• «The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months»

• «the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones»- Shakespeare

• «the endgame began after the exchange of queens»

• «after a short rally Connors won the point»

• «many summer excursions to the shore»; «it was merely a pleasure trip»; «after cautious sashays into the field»

• «after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used»

• «The infant was exposed by the teenage mother»; «after Christmas, many pets get abandoned»

• «after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks»

• «The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor»; «A number of banks failed that year»

• «The water supply for the town failed after a long drought»

• «fall into a trap»; «She fell ill»; «They fell out of favor»; «Fall in love»; «fall asleep»; «fall prey to an imposter»; «fall into a strange way of thinking»; «she fell to pieces after she lost her work»

• «the post was still firm after being hit by the car»

• «he was suffering from museum fatigue»; «after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue»; «the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue»; «political fatigue»

• «he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue»; «growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills»; «weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep»

• «The country was federated after the civil war»

• «My cold is gone—I feel fine today»; «She felt tired after the long hike»; «She felt sad after her loss»

• «The fabric felted up after several washes»

• «The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died»

• «the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner»; «an area rich in archaeological findings»

• «after the revolution the aristocracy was finished»; «the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically»

• «after the meal, some of the diners lit up»

• «in Japan most fish is eaten raw»; «after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat»; «they have a chef who specializes in fish»

• «felt relaxed and fit after their holiday»; «keeps fit with diet and exercise»

• «Get the children ready for school!»; «prepare for war»; «I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill»

• «Season the chicken breast after roasting it»

• «floss your teeth after every meal»

• «postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections»

• «She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws»

• «after the Civil War he was a free man»

• «She freshened up after the tennis game»

• «the toaster was still functional even after being dropped»; «the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable»; «an operational aircraft»; «the dishwasher is now in working order»

• «The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel»; «The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word»

• «She suffered a fracture in the accident»; «He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars»; «She got a bruise on her leg»; «He got his arm broken in the scuffle»

• «We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company»; «He got back his son from the kidnappers»

• «The troops pulled out after the cease-fire»

• «the thieves made a clean getaway»; «after the expose he had to take it on the lam»

• «Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman»

• «The money had gone after a few days»; «Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest»

• «after the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot»

• «He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat»

• «He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university»

• «nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss»

• «I served him three times, and after that he helped himself»

• «her face was hideously disfigured after the accident»

• «repeated hitting raised a large bruise»; «after three misses she finally got a hit»

• «Can I keep my old stuffed animals?»; «She kept her maiden name after she married»

• «He stays home on weekends»; «after the game the children brought friends home for supper»; «I’ll be home tomorrow»; «came riding home in style»; «I hope you will come home for Christmas»; «I’ll take her home»; «don’t forget to write home»

• «he was honorably discharged after many years of service»

• «he had to undergo one humiliation after another»

• «She idealized her husband after his death»

• «an objection that is immaterial after the fact»

• «The men were shanghaied after being drugged»

• «he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly»; «she guessed wrong»

• «they maintained close relations with England even after independence»

• «she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health»

• «he refused to put the initials FRS after his name»

• «the new president was installed immediately after the election»

• «The student was kept after school»

• «We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building»

• «He kicked the extra point after touchdown»

• «Laziness set in»; «after a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in»

• «after her husband died, she just pined away»

• «She left a mess when she moved out»; «His good luck finally left him»; «her husband left her after 20 years of marriage»; «she wept thinking she had been left behind»

• «after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly»

• «we had to live frugally after the war»

• «after he discovered he had AIDS he drew up a living will»

• «a promotion long overdue»; «something long hoped for»; «his name has long been forgotten»; «talked all night long»; «how long will you be gone?»; «arrived long before he was expected»; «it is long after your bedtime»

• «a longer for money»; «a thirster after blood»; «a yearner for knowledge»

• «How does she look?»; «The child looks unhappy»; «She looked pale after the surgery»

• «The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught»

• «The rules relaxed after the new director arrived»

• «The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light»; «lose the crowds by climbing a mountain»; «the lost tribe»

• «I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!»; «The company turned a loss after the first year»

• «his responsibilities were a constant strain»; «the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him»

• «In Kafka’s story, a person metamorphoses into a bug»; «The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman»; «Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection»

• «he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache»

• «he felt better after a little sleep»; «there wasn’t time for a nap»

• «the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting»

• «The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison»

• «The friends separated after the party»

• «she joined the party after dinner»

• «after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk»

• «we were walking around in the garden»; «after breakfast, she walked about in the park»

• «I picked up after a nap»

• «The smell stayed in the room»; «The hostility remained long after they made up»

• «The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home»

• «there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain»; «the body lay in a pool of blood»

• «We were porting all in the club after dinner»

• «She primmed her lips after every bite of food»

• «one trouble after another delayed the job»; «what’s the problem?»

• «the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications»; «began her professional career after the Olympics»; «professional theater»; «professional football»; «a professional cook»; «professional actors and athletes»

• «The children were all psyched up after the movie»

• «The baby’s heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it»

• «replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it»; «please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them»

• «it’s a quarter til 4»; «a quarter after 4 o’clock»

• «they are seekers after truth»

• «the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness»; «after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on»

• «The sores reappeared on her body»; «Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago»

• «after moving back to America, he had to readjust»

• «a revitalized economy»; «a revitalized inner-city neighborhood»; «Berlin has been reborn after probably the most intense period of construction since the post-war period.»

• «The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb»

• «The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet»

• «we recommenced his reading after a short nap»

• «after his accident, he had to restructure his life»; «The governing board was reconstituted»

• «We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made»

• «the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid»

• «after the fire, they reforested the mountain»

• «We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years»; «They renewed their membership»

• «The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated»; «after a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated»

• «She reinstalled the washer after it had been repaired»

• «The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it»; «rest assured»; «stay alone»; «He remained unmoved by her tears»; «The bad weather continued for another week»

• «after the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember»; «some remember better than others»

• «after the takeover there was a thorough reorganization»; «the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws»

• «He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce»

• «Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I»

• «Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left»; «the computer has supplanted the slide rule»; «Mary replaced Susan as the team’s captain and the highest-ranked player in the school»

• «The scientist republished his results after he made some corrections»

• «The director was retired after the scandal»

• «return to your native land»; «the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean»

• «We revisited Rome after 25 years»

• «she called right after dinner»

• «she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him»

• «The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident»

• «The country lay ruined after the war»

• «come back after the rush»

• «The animals were sacrificed after the experiment»; «The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment»

• «stay after school»; «he didn’t miss a single day of school»; «when the school day was done we would walk home together»

• «The friend scrambled after them»

• «the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch»

• «he retired after 30 years of service»

• «they played two sets of tennis after dinner»

• «after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted»

• «after the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people»

• «he took a shower after the game»

• «You should shower after vigorous exercise»

• «after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market»; «he could not control the sinking of his legs»

• «slip into something more comfortable after work»; «slip on one’s shoes»

• «The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off»

• «after a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store»

• «The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced»

• «after thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up»

• «the coach said the offensive unit did a good job»; «after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit»

• «orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness»; «he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy»

• «the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum»

• «We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal»

• «he gave the crank a spin»; «it broke off after much twisting»

• «a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes»

• «the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men»; «she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one»

• «She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake»

• «after the show, we’ll have to strike the set and pack up»

• «suture the wound after surgery»

• «my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne»

• «She takes after her father!»

• «take out the chicken after adding the vegetables»

• «How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?»

• «I tasked him with looking after the children»

• «She was tenured after she published her book»

• «thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change»

• «after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly»

• «after playing hard the children were thirsty»

• «The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it»

• «Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency»

• «the company turned a good profit after a year»

• «The economy finally turned down after a long boom»

• «Turn in after you see the gate»

• «after years of marriage he remained essentially undomesticated»

• «unhappy over her departure»; «unhappy with her raise»; «after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence»; «had an unhappy time at school»; «the unhappy (or sad) news»; «he looks so sad»

• «gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke»

• «the cost of utilities never decreases»; «all the utilities were lost after the hurricane»

• «after a hard day’s work, I vegetate in front of the television»

• «he took a walk after lunch»

• «after dinner, we wandered into town»

• «after full moon comes the waning moon»

• «She warmed up after we had lunch together»

• «I cook and my husband washes up after dinner»

• «it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road»

• «The prisoner’s resistance weakened after seven days»

• «The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times»

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