Synonyms

and_then so and_so

Examples

"then he left" "go left first, then right" "first came lightning, then thunder" "we watched the late movie and then went to bed" "and so home and to bed"

Used in print

Then Dick_Hyde , submarine_ball hurler , entered the contest and only five batters needed to face him before there existed a 3 - to 3 deadlock .

Then Heywood_Sullivan , Kansas_City catcher , singled up the middle and Throneberry was across with what proved to be the winning run .

Then three consecutive pinch_hitters failed to produce .

Then Robinson slammed a long double to left center to score both runners .

Then Throneberry rapped into a fast double_play .

Examples

"if he didn't take it, then who did?" "keep it then if you want to" "the case, then, is closed" "you've made up your mind then?" "then you'll be rich"

Used in print

Let it be granted then that the theological differences in this area between Protestants and Roman_Catholics appear to be irreconcilable .

Since then , many Protestant_denominations have made separate pronouncements , in which they not_only approved birth_control , but declared it at_times to be a religious duty .

Peace is a worthy objective ; but if we must choose between peace and keeping the Communists out of Berlin , then we must fight .

Freedom , in the sense of self-determination , is a worthy objective ; but if granting self-determination to the Algerian rebels entails sweeping that area into the Sino-Soviet orbit , then Algerian freedom must be postponed .

Justice is a worthy objective ; but if justice for Bantus entails driving the government of the Union_of_South_Africa away from the West , then the Bantus must be prepared to carry their identification cards yet a while longer .

Examples

"I was young then" "prices were lower back then" "science as it was then taught"

Used in print

`` They can be going_along , doing little damage , then bang , bang - they can hit a_couple_of passes on you for touchdowns and put you in_trouble '' .

Alusik then moved Cooke across with a line_drive to left .

Ed_Delahanty and Chuck_Klein of the Phillies , the Braves ' Joe_Adcock , Lou_Gehrig of the Yankees , Pat_Seerey of the White_Sox and Rocky_Colavito , then with Cleveland , made their history on_the_road .

The head was then fixed on a pole at Westminster , and the rest of the body was buried under the gallows .

Whether the compromises - on both sides - that made_possible the interim appointment can then be repeated remains to be seen .

Examples

"we will arrive before then" "we were friends from then on"

Used in print

Activity by British traders and the presence of a colony on the Red prompted the United_State War_Department in 1819 to send Lieutenant-Colonel_Henry_Leavenworth from Detroit to put a post 300 miles northwest of Prairie_du_Chien , until then the most advanced United_States post .

These booze customers had until then been buying their supplies from the Sheldon , Saltis-McErlane , and Druggan-Lake gangs , and now they were competing for trade with the Torrio-Capone saloons ; once_again O_'_Banion 's brash recklessness had caused a proliferation of ill_will .

Although it was at the Battle_of_The_Little_Horn , about which more words have been written than any other battle in American history , that the 7_th_Cavalry first made its mark in history , the regiment was ten years old by then .

When he was told that no one had seen Burton since then , he thought_of three other places that were possibilities .

`` And the boy will be too_much under his influence by then .

Related terms

point

Examples

"the then president"

Used in print

Vandiver opened his race for governor in 1958 with a battle in the Legislature against the issuance of $ 50 million worth of additional rural roads bonds proposed by then Gov._Marvin_Griffin .

Related terms

past

Synonyms

thereafter next