afterglow

Example Sentences

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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

In the afterglow of victory, he pulled on a t-shirt bearing an image of himself and his daughter planting a PSG flag.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

But in the immediate afterglow of leading Team USA to Olympic glory, Kerr appeals to fun notions of patriotism.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray space telescope searched for an afterglow from the explosion but found none.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

There was the liquid alarm I saw in the blood-red glare of the sun’s afterglow mirrored in the squared panes of whitewashed frame houses.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright