How to Use follow in a Sentence

follow

verb
Definition of follownext
Synonyms for follownext
  • The dog followed the children home.
  • If one sheep goes through the gate, the rest will follow.
  • The children went home and the dog followed behind.
  • She followed us into the kitchen.
  • First came the student speeches, and the presentation of awards followed.
  • The exit is right this way. Just follow me.
  • If you work hard, success will surely follow.
  • Her accident was followed by a long period of recovery.
  • Rioting followed the unjust verdict.
  • The number 15 follows 14.
  • Add some of the greens to each tortilla, followed by the meat and/or fish.
    — The View, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Near the end, the bear drops from view into a gully, and the moose follows at full speed.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
  • The lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Her dancers follow from the ground like apostles, and the crowd takes in the entire spectacle with an air of awe.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The 39-year-old donned a white print bikini followed by a sparkly gold one that showed of her ultra-toned abs and arms on the beach.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
  • Catcher Jake Rogers followed with a two-run homer in his home state, roughly 350 miles from his hometown of Canyon, in the sixth.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
  • Who’s Scheming Who? To find the answer, follow the money.
    — Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • During a performance, a dancer enters the drum space and challenges the player of the high-pitched drum to follow and mark his or her steps.
    — Javier E. Piñero, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
  • Similar storms followed the days after, and the biggest pour of hail hit June ...
    — Evan Lasseter, ajc, 26 June 2023
  • Easter is observed on the first Sunday following the Paschal full moon, which is the first full moon on or after the spring equinox.
    — USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Doors open at 7 p.m., Astoria State opens at 8 p.m. with the headliner to follow.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Five decades later — and following five years of left-wing rule — the panorama could not be more different.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Ohio State topped the revenue chart with a cool $251.6 million of income followed by all the other usual suspects.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 15 June 2023
  • Blisters Everywhere But over the next week, the blisters and the seeping spots that followed kept appearing.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • But the number of people following these groups on Telegram is many times larger.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Not one to rest on her laurels, Jaramillo has created nine new paintings that follow in the vein of her abstract work over six decades.
    — Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2023
  • Both are followed by happy hours in the taproom, which Butcher says have helped a community form.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • And one of the Georgia state false electors has blamed Trump, saying his group was only following the orders of the commander-in-chief.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • This method follows the lead of thinner skinned English cucumbers, which are shrink-wrapped in plastic.
    — Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 26 June 2023
  • This was the first of two acquisitions, as it was followed by the blending of Invisory with Prime Foray.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023

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