Hereupon
[hɪərə'pɒn] or [,hɪrə'pɑn]
Definition
(adv.) immediately after this; 'hereupon, the passengers stumbled aboard'.
Edited by Ethelred--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) On this; hereon.
Edited by Albert
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Upon this, on this.
Edited by Cathryn
Examples
- Hereupon I was made the object of a string of strictures rather piquant than polite. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Hereupon Caroline presented her hand, which was accordingly taken and shaken. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hereupon there was a general laugh; and the little judge, looking with an angry countenance over his desk, said, 'You had better be careful, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Hereupon Raffles, who had lifted his hat with the last words, turned himself round with a swing of his leg and walked away. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Hereupon, no other than the mysterious old woman descended. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Hereupon, the little man threw one leg over the other, and made a show of beginning to read with great composure and application. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Vholes hereupon addressed me again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Hereupon, Mr. Pocket went out of the room, and we made the best of ourselves until he came back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Hereupon, however, followed an attention I could very well have dispensed with, viz--a polite call from Madame Beck. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mercury in attendance with coffee informs Sir Leicester, hereupon, that Mr. Tulkinghorn has arrived and is taking dinner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Hereupon Startop took him in hand, though with a much better grace than I had shown, and exhorted him to be a little more agreeable. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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