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Definition of "and then" []

  • Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors) (adverb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "and then" in a sentence
  • "Most of the audio was recognizable only as grunts and groans, but when they'd finished the pleasure part they got down to business, and Hoyt provided enough incriminating detail of what he was offering, and the how and when of its transfer, to enable PanTech to secure his research and then fire him without incurring a major damages suit for unlawful dismissal."
  • "When the report ended, I printed off my own work and then drove to the offices of PanTech Systems to deliver my findings."
  • "Marcy made a short call to her mother and then we drove away from the house and into Boothbay."