Get to know Hindsight better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like understanding or apprehension.
Hindsight in a sentence
Hindsight meaning
- Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
- The rear sight of a firearm.
Synonyms of Hindsight
Using Hindsight
- The main meaning on this page is: Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred. | The rear sight of a firearm.
- Useful related words include: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy.
- In the example corpus, hindsight often appears in combinations such as: in hindsight, hindsight it, of hindsight.
Context around Hindsight
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hindsight
- In this selection, "hindsight" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, uncovers, maybe and looking stand out and add context to how "hindsight" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in hindsight it was and advice in hindsight. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hindsight" sits close to words such as acidic, adamu and attributable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hindsight
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Amy’s one piece of advice in hindsight? (8 words)
As I say, in hindsight, maybe we should have gone longer. (11 words)
But the focus, in hindsight, was on the wrong team’s defense. (12 words)
Devastatingly spoken by Logan Roy () to his children, now that the series has drawn to a close we have the hindsight to realize that no matter who we were rooting for, the unavoidable, non-negotiable truth of the matter is: he was right. (43 words)
Her parents told her it was to “keep your sister company,” but in hindsight, she wrote, “They must have been suffering in ways they believed we couldn’t understand” and just couldn’t deal with parenthood at the time. (39 words)
He set out his core defence in a 52-page dossier, in which he stressed that he trusted the assurances of key aides and said that “hindsight is a wonderful thing”. (31 words)
Amy’s one piece of advice in hindsight? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
A fresh re-watch with modern eyes and the power of hindsight uncovers some hard-to-ignore flaws in the seemingly perfect representation of Batman.
Amy’s one piece of advice in hindsight?
As I say, in hindsight, maybe we should have gone longer.
But the focus, in hindsight, was on the wrong team’s defense.
But viewing these victories in hindsight can obscure just how precarious these achievements were and still are today.
David, about that night, concluded: “In hindsight, looking back, I wish I hadn’t played the gig.
Devastatingly spoken by Logan Roy () to his children, now that the series has drawn to a close we have the hindsight to realize that no matter who we were rooting for, the unavoidable, non-negotiable truth of the matter is: he was right.
Even the most passionate free-speech absolutist would find it hard to oppose such a decision – especially with hindsight.
Her parents told her it was to “keep your sister company,” but in hindsight, she wrote, “They must have been suffering in ways they believed we couldn’t understand” and just couldn’t deal with parenthood at the time.
He set out his core defence in a 52-page dossier, in which he stressed that he trusted the assurances of key aides and said that “hindsight is a wonderful thing”.
Hindsight is always 20/20 when evaluating the NFL Draft, and while many outlets hand out grades like flyers, time is always the most important factor when revisiting draft picks.
However, while the signs are promising for the revival, the show still has an opportunity to revisit and resolve some historical arcs that, with hindsight, failed to deliver first time around.
I don't think we can look at it like that and hindsight is a wonderful thing.
In hindsight, a group of 10-or-so teens in a park chatting, playing music and sometimes smoking could be intimidating to others.
In hindsight, Fletcher was never going to win that battle between coach and general manager.
In hindsight, Grand Fisher was a Menos without being a Menos, emulating the sheer power and boundless ambition of those superior Hollows despite being just one soul.
In hindsight, it appears that Upwork's sticky customer base, wasn't so sticky after all.
In hindsight, I think the Supreme Court would have shut down any attempt to reopen the manslaughter guilty plea.
In hindsight, it was also the defeat that marked a shift in the Left FrontтАЩs policy towards any assertion of indigeneity and identity by the tribals.
In hindsight, it was one of the most dysfunctional tours for several reasons.
Common combinations with hindsight
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in hindsight 130×
- hindsight it 28×
- of hindsight 17×
- with hindsight 15×
- hindsight is 12×
- hindsight the 11×
- hindsight that 9×
- hindsight he 8×
- the hindsight 4×
- hindsight she 4×