Definition: 1. That time; that moment. 2. At a specific prior time. 3. Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors). 4. In that case or as a consequence. 5. At that time.
Use 'then' in a sentence:
1. She managed the business for a year and then sold it on.
2. By then, the team was scenting victory.
3. By then, Henry seemed less compliant with his wife's wishes than he had six months before.
4. That decision was taken by the then president.
5. He indicated left and then turned right.
6. And then, unaccountably, she giggled.
7. The Conservatives were then the governing party.
8. Then the applause burst out.
9. Then, without warning, she erupts into laughter.
10. "Good night, then," she said abruptly.
11. I was just a hick from Texas then.
12. The liquid is then diluted.
13. She looked at him then turned her attention back to me.
14. That's definite then, is it?
15. The road bends here then straightens out.
16. Then my husband started hassling me.
17. Drugs were not recognized as a problem then.
18. Oh, very well , then, if you insist.
19. If you can't play straight, then say so.
20. She walked towards him and then halted.
21. We got our money's worth and then some.
22. Then the fruit is packaged for export.
23. Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.
24. Everything was going well but then we hit trouble.
25. Then what am I gonna do?
26. Then the whole rigmarole starts over again.
27. Oh, very well, then, if you insist.
28. The seagulls soared then dived.
29. He raised one arm and then the other.
30. I must have added it up wrong, then.
31. Shall we meet at five, then?
32. Let me just finish this and then I'll come.
33. Watch what I do, then you try.
34. Read the text carefully and then answer the questions.
35. Now then, what's the trouble?
36. "It wasn't your fault, John."—"Whose, then?"
37. Twist your body to the left, then to the right.
38. The infected cells then migrate to other areas of the body.
39. Say you lose your job: what would you do then?
40. She took a drink from the glass and then put it down.
41. What is it then? Something's up, isn't it?
42. Follow this road until you get to the school, then turn left.
43. We might buy it but then again we might not.
44. Right then, where do you want the table to go?
45. Then a strange thing happened.
46. Take the first road on the left and then follow the signs.
47. Take the first right, then the second left.
48. Life was harder then because neither of us had a job.
49. She relayed the message, then frowned.
50. The various parts of the car are then bolted together.
51. Text and graphics are prepared separately and then combined.
52. Only then did she realize the stress he was under.
53. If he doesn't want to be involved, then so be it.
54. The area was then colonized by scrub.
55. These, then, are the main areas of concern.
56. The interview was recorded and then transcribed.
57. Now then, that's enough noise.
58. She did a year at college, but then dropped out.
