afterglow

Example Sentences

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The couple will still be on a high after all the festivities and luxuriating in the afterglow of the love — and cash — bestowed upon them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The afterglow of the unprecedented second state visit can hardly do harm.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025

Even if he refuses to bask in the afterglow of his big moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

At higher levels it became purple, and this purple afterglow persisted for what seemed a long time.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik