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Example sentences for "then another"

  • At the same moment the figure of a man appeared behind an oak, then another, then thirty.

  • Signing to Henry to follow him noiselessly, he opened first one door, then another, and finally paused on a threshold.

  • That done, he has to clean up the court and help the dairymaid put the heavier articles in place; then another quart of beer, and away home.

  • Then another four-wheeled car was built, drawn by three horses, so as to carry six passengers on each side.

  • One step is gained by degrees, then another; and at last, after years of labour, the new invention comes before the world in the form of a practical working machine.

  • Then another of the objectors was called; and his evidence was so clearly in contradiction to that which had already been given, that either one or both must be wrong.

  • Next another layer of clams; then another layer of soaked biscuit; then more clams.

  • Then put in another layer of seasoned oysters; then another layer of soaked bread with bits of butter dispersed upon it.

  • Next, another thick layer of mashed sweet potatos; then another layer of pork cutlets, and so on till the dish is full, finishing with mashed sweet potatos.

  • Cover them with another layer of bread-crumbs and butter; then another layer of seasoned tomatos; and proceed thus until the dish is full, finishing at the top with bread-crumbs.

  • He sent down Ludwig with orders; then another.

  • There will be more suicides this year," said first one, then another.

  • Oftenest it comes flying up from the hot lowlands at our feet; but at times it crawls up like a great white bear, lifting first one paw, then another, yet always securing its foothold even on the sheerest edge of the precipice.

  • Then another sprang in on the other side, and paddled hard to keep the canoe stationary, two still holding tightly.

  • Then another idea, one which made me shiver, occurred to me; the whole account would be in the newspapers, given as Police Intelligence, and that completely baffled all my attempts to sleep.

  • Then another day, when the sun was shining, and the scent of the pines came to where I sat; and at last in the spring-time I was to go out for the first time.

  • Listening keenly, his fine ear heard the nugget go down the fork, striking the wood first one side then another, and then at a certain part sound no more.

  • One person began to cough, then another, then another, until presently everyone was coughing as I doubt if they had ever coughed before.

  • Then another, and another--in fact, a whole crowd of them.

  • Every now and then one would stealthily look up towards the house, then another would, as if they feared being seen.

  • The worm they dragged out was not devoured; another was looked for, then another; then all were cut up in proper lengths and beaten and bruised, and finally packed into a bundle and carried off.

  • A second boy followed, then another, then still others, and I saw that they were going into the church by the side door.

  • At last, plucking up courage, first one, then another, joined them, and were caught as they came and whirled round and round in a manner quite new to them and which they appeared to find very delightful.

  • In the midst of the tumult a tinkling bell was heard; another answered, then another, and the storm paused as if to listen.

  • Then another blow, crushing and sickening, descended on his head; even hearing left him and, unconscious, he fell forward on to the snow and lay still.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "then another" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    considerable influence; then continued; then expanded; then held; then indeed; then living; then make; then passed; then pour off the; then proceed; then quickly; then remove from the; then removed; then return; then slowly; then started; then stir; then stopped; then take out the; then those; then thou; then turn; then upon; then was; then wash; then would