How to use "after" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "after" in popular movie and book plots

  • A short note is located at the end of the final chapter written 7 years after the events outlined in the novel.  - Dracula
  • Homer decides to return to the orphanage after the death of Wilbur, to work as the new director.  - The Cider House Rules
  • Two young female millworkers in 1873 Maine visit the town's carousel after work.  - Carousel (musical)
  • Their party expands to include Ayla and Frog after they visit the prehistoric era to repair Frog's sword.  - Chrono Trigger
  • The two athletes, after years of training and racing, are accepted to represent Great Britain in the 1924 Olympics in Paris.  - Chariots of Fire
  • The "monster" is released from its tank and sent after the intruders.  - Bride of the Monster
  • In some works, the protagonist is able to reach out and help others after having achieved maturity.  - Bildungsroman
  • The fourth station, Babylon 4, vanished without a trace twenty-four hours after it became fully operational.  - Babylon 5
  • The series begins in the late 2032, seven years after the Second Great Kanto Earthquake has split Tokyo geographically and culturally in two.  - Bubblegum Crisis
  • After a quick chase to a parade float storage yard, Buffy finally confronts Lothos, shortly after she and Pike take down his gang.  - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
  • Some time after joining the regiment, Barry encounters Captain Grogan, a warm-hearted family friend.  - Barry Lyndon
  • The test subject, Leon, shoots Holden after Holden asks about Leon's mother.  - Blade Runner
  • Lynch, who had been lusting after Elsie, tries to force her to marry him, which causes her to faint.  - The Birth of a Nation
  • Small reflections of Ash in the mirror shards come to life, with one becoming a life-sized clone, after which Ash kills and buries it.  - Army of Darkness
  • He is a practicing idealist who, after years of attempted heroism, is tired of crusading and has come to the Cookie Jar to retire.  - Anyone Can Whistle
  • One character, Raymond Rambert, devises a plan to escape the city to join his wife in Paris after city officials refused his request to leave.  - The Plague

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