flashbacks
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pluralof flashback.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
flashbacknouna device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
Example Sentences
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“I would have random flashbacks and panic attacks from anything,” he told me.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
In a statement read on her behalf immediately before sentencing, she described suffering "flashbacks".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
“If you talk to old-timers who fought this thing in the ’50s and ’60s, they talk about it like it was Vietnam: They are having flashbacks to confronting this horror.”
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
In long flashbacks, Daphne unfolds her memories of the night of the accident to her sister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
When I get these flashbacks, I feel like someone scooped my soul out and trampled it on the dirty ground.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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