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
• Just weeks later, a man was shot on a busy train in Brooklyn.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
• 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
• That’ll save you a serious headache later when the stain has had more time to set in.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 4 Apr. 2023
• Alvin, their eldest, was born in 1798, and Hyrum two years later.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
• 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
• The boy later told a sheriff’s deputy that three Mexican men had been to the house that night.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 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
• Two decades later, the devices do little to solve most crimes.
  — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 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 information arrived in the mail a few weeks later—pages and pages of names.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• 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
• The seven-year-old princess was wearing black Mary Jane flats and took off her coat later in the warm weather.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 10 Apr. 2023
• The ring came several months later while the couple vacationed in the Azores Islands.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024