Etymology
Origin of afterlight
Example Sentences
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My conduct, as well as yours, when we look at it calmly in an afterlight, was quite extraordinary.
From Castle Craneycrow by McCutcheon, George Barr
Meadows of sunset afterlight were behind the westerning hills.
From Rilla of Ingleside 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)
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
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)
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