How to Use later in a Sentence

later

adverb

• I'll talk to you again later.
• I saw him again later that morning.
• They later regretted the decision.
• She returned several weeks later.
• The work is Sisyphean: Move the pile from one spot this week, then go through the whole process again a week later.
  — John Leland, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Healy later revealed that the group was able to leave the country that night at 5 a.m.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
• Looks like it’s confined to the new Fire Max 11 for now, and will land later this year.
  — WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
• Smith explained later that the idea was to get James closer to the line of scrimmage.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Two days later, on Thursday, July 25th, the same two guys walk in and take me to the same room.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
• Two school years later, Jensen is done with mourning and ready to move on.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024
• William came a year later, and James three years after that.
  — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• On the strength of that film, Fox hired him to do I, Mobster, which was released a few months later.
  — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
• Just two years later, however, Beasley was out of the league.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• The newest concept will take the stage at the 2023 French Open, which begins later this month.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
• He was later sentenced to serve 35 to 60 years in prison for his mother's death.
  — Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
• He was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round the next year and made his major league debut with them four years later.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• The brain was later transferred to a cushioned wooden box.
  — Nicole Dungca and Claire Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
• Alvarez would later explode for a 67-yard TD of his own for the only score of the second half.
  — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• And months later, the full extent of the damage is still coming into view.
  — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
• When the Cowboys came to Viejas Arena later in the season, Linder opened the game in a 1-3-1 zone.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
• Two pitches later, Bader flew out to right field to end the inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
• Three years later was busted for his second DUI in a month.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2024
• Bochner takes over the role from Jim Kennedy, who joined the company in 2013 and is set to retire later this year.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
• Decades later, most of the planet now has access to the internet.
  — Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
• Two of my wife’s uncles try to go north, only to return an hour later.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The yield on the 10-year Treasury inched higher ahead of economic data later in the week.
  — Abid Ali, CNBC, 23 July 2024
• But again, Samsung's was just a concept, but LG's is going to be on sale later this year.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
• The new system, the details for which are still being worked out, will aim to ease that process further and will be launched later this year.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 30 June 2023
• Eleven days later, when Booth was killed in Virginia, a theatre manager came to tell her the news.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Taking the stage later in the evening were Anthony Hamilton and The Hamiltones, who performed a soulful medley.
  — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024