afterlight

Example Sentences

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But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

From The Golden Road 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)

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

Alppain had set, but the whole northern sky was plunged into the minor key by its afterlight.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David