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Example sentences for "minute afterwards"

  • A minute afterwards, Ben the marine first tapped gently, and then opened the door and came in; for at that late hour the officers were all at dinner, and the shop empty.

  • In a minute afterwards I perceived a man coming up the hill at a swift pace, directly towards me.

  • In a minute afterwards he fancied he heard a scream.

  • Drost Peter immediately left the apartment to execute this order, and in a minute afterwards he again entered the riddersal.

  • As she was trying to recover her breath, she thought of sentencing me to a good penance: she hid herself behind a tree and told me, a minute afterwards, that I had to find her ring.

  • At last he left the pit, and a minute afterwards I saw him enter the box and speak to his wife.

  • I went out with the officer who took me to the posting-place, and a minute afterwards my carriage drew up.

  • A minute afterwards, when she had moved on with her meek, slow walk, I was left standing on the pavement with her suffrage pamphlets fluttering in my hand.

  • A minute afterwards I rose, and walking gently through the long window, looked on the garden, which lay dim and fragrant under the moonlight.

  • A minute afterwards he had taken possession of his pint and pipe.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minute afterwards" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    elected president; free access; get away from the; judicial tribunal; make treaties; matters not; minute account; minute after; minute later; minute more; minute particles; minute portion; minute quantity; minutes after; minutes before; minutes east; minutes longer; minutes north; minutes south; minutes west; neither doth; not make; nuclear weapons; public prosecutor; straight replied; three pounds