flashback
Example Sentences
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Something here at the World Cup feels more like a flashback to the times of old.
From BBC
Events are seen through Jack’s fractured perspective as he experiences flashbacks of his wartime service and memories of his dead wife and daughter.
Khaleela said she had flashbacks to the night of Aman's death and suffers from panic attacks as a result of what has happened.
From BBC
As the film gets rolling, via flashbacks, it rolls right off the tracks.
This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
