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Example Sentences

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With an orange and yellow face, teal-ringed eyes and oversize lips, it could be the glowing afterimage of someone who’s looked in the mirror a moment too long.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

You should see an afterimage of the Norwegian flag in its correct colors.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

“Eve’s Hollywood” is itself an afterimage of a Los Angeles that would never exist to me, but it got me thinking about avocados and what my neighbor did for a living.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Where there had once been toothless rebellion, now there was eager compliance—even if the show had trained me to see insincerity floating in the air, like the afterimage from decade-old flash.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020

I looked up in time to see her disappear around the landing above us, that endless mane of hair trailing behind her like a blurred afterimage.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs