Later

//ˈleɪ.tə//

"Later" in a Sentence (22 examples)

Could you call again later, please?

Smile now, cry later!

Sooner or later, you will regret your idleness.

You'll learn how to do it sooner or later.

We must die sooner or later.

We will reap rich rewards later on in life.

We arrived on the island two days later.

The church we went past crumbled five minutes later due to a huge earthquake, and more than a hundred churchgoers were buried alive.

We all shall die sooner or later.

I went to bed later than usual.

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You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.

My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.

I arrived later than my roommate.

I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.

Compare Malay nanti (“later; if not”)

Later you fall asleep how?

Jim was later than John.

The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.

The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.

I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.

The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

Later, dude.

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