afterimage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of afterimage
Example Sentences
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Her scores can evoke the glint and glare of staring at the sun — its beauty, its harshness, its burning afterimage — but also the slowly dizzying churn of the depths of the sea.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023
At this point, close your eyes for a moment, then reopen them, looking again at the white paper or wall; the afterimage of the flag should continue to appear as red, white, and blue.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
“Eve’s Hollywood” is itself an afterimage of a Los Angeles that would never exist to me, but it got me thinking about avocados and what my neighbor did for a living.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021
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
Tally blinked away the afterimage of the flash, trying to force her exhausted brain to think.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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