afterlight

Example Sentences

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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

My conduct, as well as yours, when we look at it calmly in an afterlight, was quite extraordinary.

From Castle Craneycrow by McCutcheon, George Barr

A mellow afterlight was shining over sea and shore.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

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)

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