afteryears

[ af-ter-yeerz, ahf- ]

plural noun

1. the years following a specified event:

   Often, in afteryears, I have regretted my hasty decision.

Word History and Origins

Origin of afteryears¹

First recorded in 1805–15; after + year + -s ³

Example Sentences

To hear Bil�l must have seemed to many as sacred a privilege as to have heard the voice of the Prophet himself,—the proudest episode of a lifetime,—the one incident of all others to be related in long afteryears to children and to grandchildren.

From Project Gutenberg

Sought as a model because of its highly successful case-study method of teaching and its afteryears courses to upgrade already experienced businessmen, Harvard in recent years has exported a score of professors, been the inspiration for business schools in Tur key, Italy, Mexico, Japan, France, Switzerland, Spain and Pakistan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bachelors are quickly restored by their antitoxin cheer, but there is a more dangerous bacillus hidden in this powerful living therapeutic agency which in afteryears works its damaging, enervating effect in the heart of a man.

From Project Gutenberg

Dr. John Hall, of the Fifth Avenue church, then most prominent, earnestly supported the man, but in afteryears the correctness of the position taken by Market Street was abundantly proven.

From Project Gutenberg

This tells you that the family is in deep trouble to be called into account in afteryears while the shutters slap wettish to little effect.

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