in the wake of

Idioms  

1. Following directly on, as in In the wake of the procession, a number of small children came skipping down the aisle . This usage alludes to the waves made behind a passing vessel. [c. 1800]

2. In the aftermath of, as a consequence of, as in Famine often comes in the wake of war . [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

Wiener helped push two new California laws last year — the No Secret Police Act and the No Vigilantes Act — in the wake of intense and aggressive immigration enforcement by masked ICE and other federal agents in California and around the country.

From Los Angeles Times

Mehmet’s urging comes almost a year after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. called in April 2025 for supplying Texas with “needed” measles vaccines in the wake of an outbreak.

From Salon

In the wake of the 1993 Oslo Accords, a breakthrough peace agreement, the newly created PA was given full control over Palestinian urban areas - about 20% of the territory - known as Area A.

From BBC

Part of a historic shipwreck has been revealed on a beach in the wake of Storm Chandra.

From BBC

The biggest gainers in the wake of Takaichi’s win have been Japanese stocks, with the Nikkei 225 rising 3.9% to a record high and the broader Topix index rising 2.3% to another all-time peak.

From Barron's

Related Words

• coming
• consecutive
• ensuing
• subsequent
• succeeding
• successive