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Example Sentences

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Shapton allows fleeting moments to endure and—like the book’s black-and-white reproductions of watercolor paintings by her—they come to seem like afterimages of something rich and full.

From The New Yorker

Edward Zwick’s movie, ultimately a cry against the death penalty, is restrained in its early moments; the children’s death isn’t depicted, just horrific afterimages like a burned pacifier and a charred baby walker.

From Seattle Times

As the industrial working class has faded, its afterimage has become available for appropriation in commerce, in culture and in politics.

From The Guardian

A young Californian named Clara wonders if “every single thing” ever played on her Blüthner had “left an afterimage, a shadow of emotion deposited somewhere inside the case.”

From New York Times

This is a dance that not only opens your eyes, but also leaves an afterimage burning in them.

From New York Times