How to Use come after in a Sentence

come after

phrasal verb
  • That came after the first two months where his ERA sat at 2.14.
    Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • The Swift nod came after the singer threw her hat in the ring to endorse the Swift/Walz ticket.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The deal comes after the union reached an agreement on Wednesday with Ford.
    Michael Wayland, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The outlet said that the scan came after Krayzie Bone had been coughing up blood.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But the rest of the boos mostly came after foul calls the crowd — and Boston’s bench — took umbrage with.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Six more people would die in the days to come after taking Tylenol.
    Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • The ones that come after days of misery for your child: the fever, the cough, the runny nose, and trouble breathing.
    Emily Nadal, Parents, 20 July 2023
  • The layoffs amount to about 20% of the newsroom, and come after the paper cut 74 newsroom staffers just a few months ago.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Of their 37 runs this season, 18 have come after there are two outs in an inning.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The scene came after season 3 kicked off with a glimpse of Schwarzenegger's nether regions in episode 1.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That comes after the language-learning app downplayed a shift to AI last year.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Stick’s goal-line fumble in the second quarter came after a 13-play, 49-yard drive.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Friday’s strikes came after weeks of warnings from the United States.
    Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The impasse comes after two years in which UPS posted record profits.
    Jason Miller, The Conversation, 20 July 2023
  • Ahead of the close of that deal, eOne laid off 10% of its employees; that came after Hasbro cut eOne’s workforce by 20% in June.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Kim's update from the night came after her sister Kourtney shared her own roundup from the event on Thursday.
    Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The second score came after Jacksonville’s Quinton Atkins grabbed a fumble in midair and returned it 45 yards to the Boaz 5-yard-line.
    al, 26 Aug. 2023
  • That came after the first pounding storm of the season led to the partial collapse of the tower, exposing the wood that holds up the golden dome.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Purple: Words that precede the day that comes after Monday.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Many of the team’s major signings came after Christmas.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • His son Paul Schmidt said his death, which was not widely reported at the time, came after a brief illness.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The first goal came after Eric Robinson found a bouncing puck right in the slot, and the second goal came on the heels of a defensive breakdown.
    Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The proposal comes after a series of scandals at City Hall.
    Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Is there anyone else worth trying to sign or is this upgrade going to come after cuts?
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2024
  • The company’s revenue rose in the third quarter of 2023, but that came after two quarters of declines.
    Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The claims came after Musk made a gesture last month that looked similar to the stiff-armed salutes done by the far-right political group.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The tell-all book’s upcoming arrival in bookstores and on Amazon comes after a bit of a delay.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The reason for the increase in the Tigers’ team score came after a review of Mizzou’s third rotation — balance beam.
    Henry Chappell, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In the entertainment business those insights can be used to tune up a range of materials, but – and here’s where creatives might breathe a sigh of relief – its real-world use currently comes after the design of the key art.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
  • This mysterious hiatus comes after a turbulent couple of years for the New Zealand native.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025

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