afterglow
Example Sentences
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We lived in the missions’ afterglow, with orange-flavored Tang, syndicated “Star Trek” reruns, and “Star Wars” filling in for actual lunar landings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The couple will still be on a high after all the festivities and luxuriating in the afterglow of the love — and cash — bestowed upon them.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
The dazzle of their outfits eclipsed the afterglow of the light.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
In the afterglow of victory, he pulled on a t-shirt bearing an image of himself and his daughter planting a PSG flag.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
The sun had just gone down, and its afterglow was backlighting the city, which formed low cliffs around the bucolic void to the idle stockyards.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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