Etymology
Origin of afterlight
Example Sentences
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Through an open corner on the western side I saw the sky all silvery blue in the afterlight.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
A mellow afterlight was shining over sea and shore.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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
Beyond the bar the sea, calm and austere, dreamed in the afterlight.
From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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