aftertime
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aftertime
Example Sentences
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I understand where she’s coming from, but the bottom line is that they’ve showed us time aftertime that they can’t be trusted.
From Time • Nov. 23, 2011
In the aftertime the world will be the better for it.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
It will be a sorrow to thyself in the aftertime if thou slayest me who am a minstrel, and sing before gods and men.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew
And these may be still, as they were of old, obliged to perform, in aftertime, what they are not capable of performing at the time of their entering into that obligation.
From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)
This treasure has disappeared, but it was said by men of Henry's day and aftertime, who saw it in the monastery of Alçobaça, to show "as much or more discovered in time past than now."
From Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by Beazley, C. Raymond
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