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

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

  • When the game opens, the hero awakens in a cage and is shortly thereafter experimented upon by a wizard named Jon Irenicus.  - Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
  • Percy gets scared off and soon thereafter marries Evie Van Osburgh.  - The House of Mirth
  • Hermux and Linka are thereafter rescued by dr Dandiffer's sponsor, Ortolina Perriflot.  - Time Stops for No Mouse
  • Paul departs shortly thereafter in protest.  - Beloved (film)
  • After marrying Alfred, Maria gives birth to Kurt, whom Oskar thereafter refers to as his son.  - The Tin Drum
  • It returns shortly thereafter in a flying saucer-like shape demonstrating new, even deadlier forms which it can switch between at will.  - Godzilla vs. Hedorah
  • Aravis and Shasta live in Archenland thereafter and eventually marry.  - The Horse and His Boy
  • But shortly thereafter the cavalry ambushes the party at a water hole, and most of the non-core members of the gang are killed.  - Mackenna's Gold
  • Shortly thereafter he attempts to telephone his family, but there is no answer.  - Barton Fink
  • Chillingworth, losing his will for revenge, dies shortly thereafter and leaves Pearl a substantial inheritance.  - The Scarlet Letter
  • His mother thereafter keeps a closer watch upon him, but one day he accompanies her to the field to milk the cows.  - Tom Thumb
  • Marinelli then hires criminals who shortly thereafter murder the count on his way to the wedding.  - Emilia Galotti
  • Kyoji and the enormous Dark Gundam eventually appear from beneath the ground of Shinjuku, but shortly thereafter vanish alongside Master Asia.  - Mobile Fighter G Gundam
  • Shortly after, he appears wearing a clerical collar and is thereafter called "Preacher".  - Pale Rider
  • He thereafter opens a letter from Beezy.  - Love Finds Andy Hardy
  • Lennie becomes frightened, and unintentionally breaks her neck thereafter and runs away.  - Of Mice and Men

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