afterthoughts
- plural of afterthought.
Example Sentences
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The viewer’s in for an unexpected twist, too, seeing as all of these characters but Rachel will soon be afterthoughts, tossed aside to maintain a constant laser focus on Marty’s hijinks.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
Except the Patriots are hardly alone in their journey from early-season afterthoughts to division leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Following his death, some wondered if he had wound up in a rough-and-tumble league where skill and technique are afterthoughts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Baltimore prevailed in a brutally tough division that relegated the Red Sox and New York Yankees to afterthoughts.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
He ate hot eggs, warm bread, reveled in steaming tea, although the water from which the tea was made left an aftertaste in the mouth, afterthoughts in the brain: from what nearby bam?
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
