flashback

Example Sentences

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This sets up a long flashback in which we learn that Marian and Edison knew each other in college, and that he betrayed her.

From Los Angeles Times

The victim, who continues to have flashbacks to that night, has now been able to provide a further description of the man, enabling officers to produce the image, the force said.

From BBC

Netflix released the first five minutes of the new season in early November, in which we see a flashback to Will’s time trapped in the Upside Down.

From Los Angeles Times

"I basically lost my job. I lost my home. My home was a crime scene. I was terrified to be awake, terrified to be asleep because of the nightmares and the flashbacks," she said.

From BBC

Lew, still experiencing traumatic flashbacks from his combat experience, likes to take things slow and easy: “Waiting is an art form.”

From The Wall Street Journal