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alt. 1 (context idiomatic English) Following 2 (context idiomatic English) As a result of 3 In the noticeable disturbance of water behind (a maritime vessel). prep. 1 (context idiomatic English) Following 2 (context idiomatic English) As a result of 3 In the noticeable disturbance of water behind (a maritime vessel).
Usage examples of "in the wake of".
When they came into the square, he saw that the entire expanse was filled with a multitude, the people who lived in Gent and those who had walked a day or even three days to the city in order to witness the anointing and crowning of the new king and to receive the bread that would be distributed in the wake of the ceremony.
She heard, in the wake of their passing, a faint tinkling like that of tiny bells shaken by a breeze.
She thought she might collapse, but she forced herself to totter forward in the wake of Lavinia and Adelheid as they sallied out the door, their curiosity piqued by the childish outburst.
The first, and most obvious, was finding a way to restore my status in the movie business especially now, in the wake of another box office bomb.
As much of an education as the previous seven years had been my private Parkinsonian tutorial the lessons that came in the wake of that fateful Thanksgiving have been all the more powerful and humbling.