Etymology
Origin of afterlight
Example Sentences
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There followed the wonderful afterlight that a short, drenching rain leaves behind it—a hush of light, deeply pervasive and friendly.
From More Jonathan Papers by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris
My conduct, as well as yours, when we look at it calmly in an afterlight, was quite extraordinary.
From Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon
Through an open corner on the western side I saw the sky all silvery blue in the afterlight.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.
From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Alppain had set, but the whole northern sky was plunged into the minor key by its afterlight.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
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