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
This by way of grace, whereafter M. de Rivarol proceeded to devour the city.
From Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Aeschylus makes that same turning-point in the killing of Clytemnestra, whereafter the Furies are let loose on Orestes.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
This Ambassadour being a Bohemian, sent from the Emperour to the French Court, whereafter his first audience, he was highly feasted and banquetted.
From The Arte of English Poesie by George Puttenham
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