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
It was his refuge in that aftertime, in which a subsiding grief often leaves a deeper sense of isolation.
From Life and Letters of Robert Browning by Robert Browning
He told me that all these things should come to pass in the aftertime, even that I should lose my eyesight at the hand of Odysseus.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang
At the wide-open welcoming door she stands, peering amid the squall of snow; and there in the center of the blur of light stands Tim the messenger, in aftertime the ruin of Dan Regan's fortunes.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
Their happy spirits learned the chime Of its laughing voice and murmured rhyme— A joyous music for aftertime.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
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