Etymology
Origin of afterlight
Example Sentences
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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)
But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.
From The Golden Road by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Through an open corner on the western side I saw the sky all silvery blue in the afterlight.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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
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 Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge
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