whereafter
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Drake said she excused herself, whereafter a man called and offered her $10,000.
From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2016
You get the gag early in their Girls-Aloud-sing-nursery-rhymes number, whereafter the song has nowhere comedically to go.
From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2012
Had the lady Maki's son-in-law succeeded Sanetomo, the former would have been the next victim of Tokimasa's ambition, whereafter the field would have been open for the grand climacteric, the supremacy of the Hojo.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
Ossip followed the police with derisive eyes; whereafter, he leapt to his feet with a nimble, adroit movement, and crossed himself with punctilious piety.
From Through Russia by Hogarth, C. J.
Thus spake Jocelyn, whereafter these "saintly rogues" all three grew mightily peevish and, withal, gloomy, while Robin laughed and laughed at them, nodding head and wagging finger.
From The Geste of Duke Jocelyn by Farnol, Jeffery
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