VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

In the wake of

Meaning:

following, as a result of.

Examples:

  • A second tendency emerges in the wake of the first.
  • Naturally, this manifestation occurs in the wake of most high currents.
  • He's making a move for power in the wake of tragedy.
  • This is the depression that comes in the wake of the mania.
  • And in the wake of Hurricane Lucy, we need him more than ever.
  • It seemed that in the wake of the atomic bomb, anything was possible.
  • To what extent has there been justice in the wake of Operation Genesis?
  • Do we follow in the wake of UN resolutions?
  • Tsunami Doomsday, a fight for survival in the wake of the apocalypse.
  • A number of policemen were arrested in the wake of these events.