Literary notes about Followed (AI summary)
The term "followed" serves many functions in literature, operating both as a marker of sequence and as an indicator of action or consequence. In narratives it is used to show temporal progression or the order of events—for instance, a silence may be followed by unexpected action, as in the brief pause after which events unravel ([1], [2]). The word also describes the physical act of trailing someone, whether in a literal chase or in depicting allegiances, such as characters who follow leaders or examples in both heroic and everyday contexts ([3], [4], [5]). Beyond its narrative duties, "followed" is employed to imply logical or causal relations in historical or technical analyses, where one event or idea naturally succeeds another ([6], [7], [8]). Thus, from tracking movements in storytelling to outlining processes in grammatical or historical texts, "followed" remains a versatile tool in the writer’s arsenal.
- A silence followed.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Long silence followed.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy - Montgomery gave an angry exclamation, and went striding down the deck, and I followed him.
— from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells - Olenka followed him noiselessly.
— from Best Russian Short Stories - He acquiescing, we followed at a distance: never losing sight of her, but never caring to come very near, as she frequently looked about.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - In the next few years many others followed.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - The rain was followed by a downpour of fire.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - The restoration of the Western empire by Charlemagne was speedily followed by the separation of the Greek and Latin churches.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
