Etymology
Origin of afterlight
Example Sentences
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It was a very calm evening with a dim, golden afterlight irradiating the glen.
From Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Meadows of sunset afterlight were behind the westerning hills.
From Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.
From The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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
A mellow afterlight was shining over sea and shore.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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