afterlight
Example Sentences
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The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Meadows of sunset afterlight were behind the westerning hills.
From Rilla of Ingleside 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
It was a very calm evening with a dim, golden afterlight irradiating the glen.
From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
The gulf beyond was still silvery blue in the afterlight.
From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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