Etymology
Origin of afterlight
Example Sentences
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My conduct, as well as yours, when we look at it calmly in an afterlight, was quite extraordinary.
From Castle Craneycrow by McCutcheon, George Barr
The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
A mellow afterlight was shining over sea and shore.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Alppain had set, but the whole northern sky was plunged into the minor key by its afterlight.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David
The deodars sank waist deep into filmy shadow, and the yellow afterlight lay silently among the branches.
From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
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