How Do You Use Thereafter In A Sentence?

1. Thereafter they did not speak.
2. Thereafter we heard no more of this suggestion.
3. Thereafter she wrote articles for papers and magazines in Paris.
4. Sophie was born in France, but shortly thereafter her family moved to the United States.
5. Thereafter it should be opened up for general discussion.

What do u mean by thereafter?

1 : after that. 2 archaic : according to that : accordingly.

Is it shortly after or shortly thereafter?

continuing on from a particular point in time, especially after something else has stopped happening: He left the priesthood in 1970 and settled in the Washington area shortly thereafter (= soon after that).

Is thereafter outdated?

after that in time or sequence; afterward: Thereafter they did not speak. Obsolete.