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How to use henceforth in a sentence

19 example sentences · adverb

Henceforth means from now on; from this time on. Example: “I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!”

Examples of henceforth by meaning

adverbFrom now on; from this time on.

  • I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!

More sentences with henceforth

  • I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society. From the entry conventional wisdom
  • If the expression “Southern Cameroons” has exposed us to any annexationist ambitions, then we will henceforth call ourselves AMBAZONIA.1985 March 20, Fongum Gorji Dinka, “The New Social Order”, in Retyped from Ambazonian Archives (PDF), archived from the original on 10 May…. From the entry Ambazonia
  • According to the BELGA agency, the TDW proposes to "extract heavy payment for any Flemishizing action henceforth undertaken in Wallonia."1979 October 3, “Group formed to defend Francophone Fourons”, in West Europe Report, number 1478, United States Joint Publications…. From the entry Flemishize
  • The Forum itself would always, henceforth, wield a strange kind of mesmeric fascination upon the mob demagogue or would-be putschist.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 150. From the entry putschist
  • "If the President is wise, he will henceforth confine his press conferences to domestic questions." . . .1941 October 13, “Power Politics”, in Time. From the entry talk out of turn
  • The lucky finder of the pecan, or bean, or ring, which was hidden within was henceforth to be favored by fortune.1901, “Twelfth Night or King's Cake. Gateau du Roi.”, in The Picayune's Creole Cook Book, 2nd edition, New Orleans, La.: The Picayune…. From the entry king cake
  • It will fall blunted, besides, on the cuirass of an invulnerable will, in which henceforth I am empanoplied.1901, Henry Murger [i.e., Henri Murger], “Floods of Pactolus”, in Ellen Marriage, John Selwyn, transl., The Latin Quarter: (“Scènes de la…. From the entry empanoply
  • The County Board of Education worked out simple textbooks in Meänkieli and started to promote the vernacular in mother tongue instruction (henceforth MTI).2006, Robert B. Kaplan, Richard B. Baldauf, Language Planning and Policy in Europe, →ISBN, page 242. From the entry Meänkieli
  • On being enskinned, the successful candidate was ceremonially informed that he was henceforth answerable to all the Wala and not only the Nabihi.2002, Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and Polity in Northwestern Ghana, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry ceremonially
  • But neither can it, in view of the subintroduction of the note of reward, be ever entirely overspread henceforth by the aspect of gloom and trembling.2015, Geerhardus Vos, Pauline Eschatology. From the entry subintroduction
  • The reign of the cupcake as fashionable nibble of choice is over – a foodie friend informs me that henceforth it's all about the French macaroon.2010, The Independent, Rhiannon Harries: If Banksy were a west London Tory.... From the entry French macaroon
  • Chodaganga's construction of the monumental Jagannath temple knit the Oriyas further into a cultural unity and henceforth Jagannath came to be recognize as the presiding deity of Oriyas.2008, Orissa: An Encyclopaedia of Events, 2 edition, Sankalpa Publications, pages 12-13. From the entry Jagannath
  • Since God’s revelation comes to full expression in human life, it is henceforth life with all its ambiguities and lack of rationability that becomes the norm.1968 February 13, Gabriel Moran, “The Future of Catechetics”, in Vision and Tactics: Toward an Adult Church, New York, N.Y.: Herder and…. From the entry rationability
  • In conformity with other institutions first known as "universities", the Methodist school decided to drop the more pretentious term, henceforth to be called the College of the Pacific.1961, Earl Leon Werley Heck, The Rise of Higher Education in California, 1834–1910. From the entry commonious
  • It was his orgueil that weaned him from the faith and stood henceforth, an inexorable sentinel at the door of his heart, forbidding God to enter.1926, Percy Mansell Jones, Verhaeren. From the entry orgueil
  • A general agreement should be made among the nations, that henceforth, all underhanded diplomatic agreements be abolished, and that complete publicity be observed in discussing and transacting international affairs.1918, Cambrian ... Published in the Interest of the Welsh People and Their Descendants in the United States Volume 38. From the entry underhanded
  • They, of course, would change, but not again could she; henceforth no music for her in the Bush birds' minstrelsy, no pleasure in rivalry with buttercups for the butterflies' kiss.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry minstrelsy
  • His route henceforth was beyond the farthest bound set up by De Monts and Champlain and into a country of deep, mellow, unstubborn soil, fit for human occupancy and habitation.1904, Charles Elventon Nash, Martha Ballard, The History of Augusta, page 7. From the entry unstubborn

Meaning of henceforth

  1. adverb From now on; from this time on.
  2. adverb Further within this document.

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Questions about henceforth in a sentence

How do you use henceforth in a sentence?
Henceforth is used as an adverb. For example: “I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!”
What is a short sentence with henceforth?
“I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.”
What does henceforth mean?
Henceforth means from now on; from this time on.

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