Definition of Hindsight

knowledge that is gained after an event has happened

Examples of Hindsight in a sentence

In hindsight, I wished I had taken my friend’s key when I discovered she had wrecked her car on the way home.  🔊

With the cops beating on her front door, Sheila knew in hindsight it had been a mistake to loan her truck to her drug-addicted brother.  🔊

Because I did not have the hindsight to see my boyfriend’s true nature, I ended up marrying a very abusive man.  🔊

In hindsight, the basketball player wished he had passed the ball instead of missing a shot that cost his team the game.  🔊

If Katie had the benefit of hindsight to perform a background check on her maid, her house would not have been robbed.  🔊

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