Following his words, a broad smile showing large and uneven white teeth appeared on his squarish face.

Following his master's dying words, Lo must also avenge his death.

He had difficulty, for a moment, following Ariakas's words.

"They ride for blood anyway," Nytral points out, a harsh laugh following his words.

"Glad I be as just a mill man," said Brental, following his words with a nervous laugh.

In the silence following his words, he heard the Speaker's breath hitch, just a little.

The silence following her words seemed to spin out for a very long time, then she heard a soft curse.

Following her mother's words, she wanted to leave every place that she worked in better than she found it.

Following his words, silence extended around the conference table, then deepened.

There was a silence following his last words that went on and on for perhaps a minute and a half, at Jim's estimate.