Afterwards is an adverb. If something happens afterwards, it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. You often use afterwards in expressions like not long afterwards, soon afterwards, and shortly afterwards. She died soon afterwards.

How do you use the word afterwards?

"Afterward" is typically used to refer to events that occur one right after the other—as in, "Jane went to church and then attended the coffee hour held afterward."—but it can also be used to refer to events that are widely separated in time—as in, "Mary was born in 1910 and had her three children long 'afterward. '"

What is the sentence of afterwards?

2. We saw the film and afterwards walked home together. 3. Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.