Etymology
Origin of afterlight
Example Sentences
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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
Meadows of sunset afterlight were behind the westerning hills.
From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Beyond the bar the sea, calm and austere, dreamed in the afterlight.
From Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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)
The deodars sank waist deep into filmy shadow, and the yellow afterlight lay silently among the branches.
From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
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