there follows
idiom
formal
: then comes : then there is
The war ended. There followed a long period of rebuilding.
Examples of there follows in a Sentence
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From there follows a breathless succession of hardships, interlaced with small yet unfailingly tender mercies.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
At the back of the room, someone says something that Margaret can’t hear, and there follows a murmur of laughter.
—Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Below, there follows a list of all the relevant prohibitions.
—Mark Deeks, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
Somebody’s Daughter, Ford’s first memoir, opens with a letter her father sent her from prison and from there follows a vulnerable and lyrical account of the writer’s journey growing up as a poor Black girl in Indiana.
—Niema Jordan, Essence, 2 June 2021
Yet, once the protagonist Vellitt Boe leaves her capricious, cruel fantasy realm behind, there follows a panegyric to this world.
—Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
But for many people like Juarez, who survive a physical bout with the disease, there follows a host of mental health issues that are harder to understand.
—Aidin Vaziri, SFChronicle.com, 5 Dec. 2020
Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
At the back of the room, someone says something that Margaret can’t hear, and there follows a murmur of laughter.
—Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Below, there follows a list of all the relevant prohibitions.
—Mark Deeks, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
Somebody’s Daughter, Ford’s first memoir, opens with a letter her father sent her from prison and from there follows a vulnerable and lyrical account of the writer’s journey growing up as a poor Black girl in Indiana.
—Niema Jordan, Essence, 2 June 2021
Yet, once the protagonist Vellitt Boe leaves her capricious, cruel fantasy realm behind, there follows a panegyric to this world.
—Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
But for many people like Juarez, who survive a physical bout with the disease, there follows a host of mental health issues that are harder to understand.
—Aidin Vaziri, SFChronicle.com, 5 Dec. 2020
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“There follows.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20follows. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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