afterimage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of afterimage
Example Sentences
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You’ll feel loss, but the afterimage of this singular woman’s belief in finding light is what will burn.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
With an orange and yellow face, teal-ringed eyes and oversize lips, it could be the glowing afterimage of someone who’s looked in the mirror a moment too long.
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
You should see an afterimage of the Norwegian flag in its correct colors.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Where there had once been toothless rebellion, now there was eager compliance—even if the show had trained me to see insincerity floating in the air, like the afterimage from decade-old flash.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020
She was still blinking away the afterimage of Rasalas’s gleaming teeth, and the knowledge that it was all her fault.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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